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Incest safaris in Meridian Township?

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:58:00 -0700

Wow! the nerve ! Incesting allowed and they did not invite everyone?

I guess people in meridian township are real heavy into incest. Not really.

I joke.

This was what was on the screen for the 10:00 nightly news from FOX 47,

our local fox news channel coming from Lansing Michigan.. I guess someone is red-faced about this one ..

If they noticed. But it is fox, I guess this is the cleanest programming they have for this hour.

I would like to say that i might be back

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:10:00 -0700

So much time has passed since I have posted. I am embarrassed, but there were so many things that have kept my time busy. Now I have at least one kidless day a week to work on whatever I want and this is a continuation in my DIY projects around the home. Things i will be updating are..

-my veggie garden and other garden maintnance and planting.

-cleaning, sorting a basement which has not been cleaned in years.

-arranging my garage sale.

-finishing off a basement for family and entertainment use.

-my efforts in lawn maintnance.

-design and building wood structures for our yard.

-other clean out projects like closets, garage, vehicles, and so on..

and more!

And then there is the main focus of my life right now.... Starting to build my photography Business. Kusnier Jones Photography. kjpics.com

I wanted to expand not only the buisness part but the fact that this city needs to be more documented on photo.

So with that. i will be starting laundry to get ready to clean the basement.

The adventures of Cuddle Puppy

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:19:00 -0700

The day before the trip

This morning it has been a busy one packing and preparing.

If You do not know the whole story yet, then I will fill you in.

My husband Jason and I are going on our first semi-vacation together. The reason this is big is that we do not get out to travel alone togethr. So when the chance came for him to go to the eclipse con in Santa Clara, California, we sprung for me to go to. Even tho this is work for Jason we will still ahve travel time together and also dinners and evenings (if he does not end up working). We will be leaving with his coworker/long time friend and his wife too. While the guys attend the Eclipse con, us girls will be traveling around the area to different places, sightseeing, and appreciating the area.

I felt terrible to go away from my boys. This will be the longest and furthest I have been from them ever. I decided to at least let our oldest, Trace, feel that we are thinking of them and that we love them (Dannon being too young to understand). So I thought it would be fun for both us and Trace to have cuddle puppy go with us on our trip to explore with us and meet new people and then to Blog about it every day so that trace can read the adventures of cuddle puppy every night to know mommy and daddy are thinking of him.

this is Trace

So back to today.

This morning was a little off with trace being sad that we are leaving. But he perked up a little when i told him he could give cuddle puppy a bath to get him ready. Cuddle puppy is now clean but WET!

Dannon with the wet puppy

Trace telling me to put him in the dryer

And now for the first adventure.

Wishing you were here... err.. i mean... wishing I was NOT here!!

HOT HOT HOT!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:22:00 -0800

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

With the pressure of time and a punctual office manager I sit here trying to decide on what the message will be for this month’s Messenger. Should it be one that is theologically driven or maybe it should reflect some good old southern wisdom. Should it be an original experience or better yet a reprint of a poem or story from another author (copyright laws apply). I had to make a decision soon. I was totally undecided as to what to do. Little did I know God was already allowing me to experience what I should be writing about. The horrible feeling of being “undecided.”

Arthur Bryant, the English historian wrote, “There is nothing more destructive of action than a tortured undecided mind.”

Today’s culture has drawn away from the ability to make hard and fast decisions. This ailment has turned homes into arenas of frustration. Indecision in the workplace has encouraged the acceptance of mediocrity. Waitresses accumulate hours standing by table sides waiting for customers to make some kind of a decision from the smallest of menus. And of course there was a sign that was displayed in a local library which read, “National Procrastination Day Has Been Postponed.” Just an amusing way of saying “Make a Decision!”

Meet me at Matthew 16:15 ( I’ll wait). Here we see Jesus asking His disciples to make a decision. “Who do you say I am?” The Christian faith demands an answer to this question. Unfortunately most people are not aware that this question is directed at them and so they shy away, not because of some intellectual doubts or even a grave moral problem. They are just not ready to make a decision. We must remember during this Lenten season that the Christian faith is not merely a knowing of Christian history, but it’s all about making a “DECISION.” What will yours be?

John

Life of the Radish

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:40:00 -0800

I am a little behind on this. Bear with me!

The seeds were planted on The 7th of December, 20 days ago from this post.

they germinated within the week of planting.

The Radishes are under a daylight florescent bulb on a shop light spot light.

I used general miracle grow plant mix.

This is growing in a galvanized steel planter approx 14"x4" (i think) and it has about 3 or more inches of soil.

I have a 19-30 days listed as harvest time but being day 20 I doubt it will meet that. I think it might be the cold Temps in the basement sometimes dropping into the low 50's.

This post will be updated.

First picture

Todays picture. (of same radish)

Yet another harvest

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:07:00 -0800

These things are coming faster than I can cook with them.

They make good seasoning for soups and anything I throw into the oven. Good for garnish and wonderful for salads. Right now there is the bundle pictured that will be for dinner tonight an my salad for lunch and now I have not had to buy onions in weeks and probably will not have to buy them for the rest of the winter.

Then I will keep them going for greens until I get my first batch of scallions in the spring (When i get to buying bulbs for planting outdoors)

This was a total savings!

And yes those are twist ties from the toys. I hate those things when I have to take them off the toys but they sure come in handy when you save them.

My eyes have been opened!

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:41:00 -0800

After getting onto the gardening forums all over the net someone has pointed out something interesting that has given me a whole new outlook on winter gardening.

Instead of indoor winter gardening someone said to winter sow my seeds OUTDOORS?!!

I was intrigued..

Check out Wintersown.org

This is a great instructional read and i have to give lots of credit for doing this on a short budget and recycling! This might be added to my activities list for january after the holiday mess is over.

But thank you for the helpful information!

The tip came from one of the helpful members on "idigmygarden.com"

Its coming along

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:00 -0800

The indoor garden is comming along. Aready i have.....

A bag of the onion greens i have not been able to go through. I have taken approx. 5-6 cuttings of the greens already for dish seasonings. This is a must keep for the kitchen and basement garden. Today is fertalizer friday. I remember it better by saying it that way. I gave all my plants a shot of all purpose liquid fertalizer.

Here is my stuff so far

14 days after i planted the seeds i got in the mail and 20 days (estimated) after i had planted everything else (the mesculen, the onions, and the potato)

and then the mesculen i planted (from some loose seeds i found in the drawer from last year

Here is the chicory i pictured last time i wrote and posted pictures.

Then one of the radishes that are showing the start of the adult leaves

And the dandelion that i will need to thin out when bigger

this is chicory bionda i think this one is interesting right now because the leaves look so full and thick and productive already at their small size!

But as to new additions. i am excited.

As i had said i found another neat catalog which will be another post but keep your eyes out for pics that i found in the catalog and also pick that have been chosen by their helpful forum " I Dig My Garden"

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.. A MUST SEE !

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:48:00 -0800

Now i have had a real good weekend. In the midst of the holiday stress i have gotten a mild and relaxing taste of gardening (other that the indoor garden that i have going on now)

I Got my Baker Creek seed catalog (found at rareseeds.com) on friday. So this weekend when i found nothing else to do or when i was waiting for dinner to cook, i curled up with this gem and found myself getting sidetracked, while daydreaming about my garden :)

I like this seed catalog because it seems to have a down home feel for one. This has been lost in the reproductions of catalogs that people have done to make just dollars.

In the pages i found a very detailed list of veggie (and more) seeds. Many things i never knew exsisted, many things i will be trying for the first time.

I will be placing my spring order from here. Especially for the unusual thing i found in there.

Plus i have actually taken the time and read all that they have posted in their catalog about Bakersville historic village. It seems to have lots of family fu, lots of festivals and other events and looks like a good time. see more at Streetsofbakersville.com

The first harvest, ALREADY!

krista@randomblogging.com (krista) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:30:00 -0800

Gardening in the winter is fun now that I actually can produce something from my indoor garden.

I am excited because i did actually have my first cutting of onion greens. It has been about three weeks since i planted them and i have had two cuttings from them so far and now that the roots have fully established and are having a nice weekly intake of fertalizer, they already have a second cutting to offer in less than a week!

I put these in one of my diet dishes.. Lentil and potatoe soup

-4 cups water

-1/4 cup lentils

-1 potato cubed

-2-4 (depending on taste) beef flavoring cubes

-4 tbs of non fat dairy creamer

boil together, season with garlic salt and/ or onion powder.

when potatoes and lentils are tender then gather a cups worth and mash or puree them and put it back in the pot adding the 4 table spoons of creamer.

simmer for another 5 to 10 min adding salt and pepper to taste..

Then this is when i added the onion and garlic greens that i harvested and then chopped. YUMM!

This recipe for me was ZERO FAT! and then as for calories i had 300 calories into this and it yielded about 6 cups of food. let me tell you, after the second cup i was stuffed!

This can be saved for a base for a roast or stew to add with meat and more veggies.

But make sure when you make this you have zero fat in all of the things you add.

Just a shot of my winter greens. These have been cut once and are growing another round for me to cut this or next week.

It helps when you have a yogurt addicted son who has lots of those cups for you to use as pots. This is a good way of reusing something that would have gone to the trash. The yogurt cups are perfectsize for the small onion bulbs. Enough root space for them to grow greens. who cares about a bulb when its winter :)