Homer's Odyssey

Nope. Not that one. This Homer is a cat. A blind cat.

This little black cat had an eye infection that required removal of his eyes. So Homer grew up blind.

It was a cute story but rather slow for me. There were a few interesting parts:

1) 911
2) The burglar story

but aside from those parts in the book, I was a little bored.

I also wondered how the heck a woman could be around...with, best friends with a guy (for three years) and not realize that she was in love with him...or at least "had feelings" for him until he started dating another woman.... REALLY? Sort of unbelievable.

Of course Gwen Cooper would have to dramatize a bit to make a story stay interesting but I wondered about a few things...and thought they couldn't be true.

But all-in-all it's an easy story to read. Kind of cute and not too long. But then again, the ending left me like "Huh?" It was anticlimatic. No ah-ha moment, no big conclusion, nope not this one...

So on a scale of 1 to 10...I'd give it a 4 and 1/2 - kind of mediocre.

DIY Ruffles

Maybe I went a little over-board but I wanted to make a retro-shirt to match my new car because I couldn't find one at the store that was a perfect shade of baby-blue, plus I wanted a scarf to wrap around my head to match.

So I went to the fabric store and bought a yard of baby blue chiffon then I cut it into strips and started sewing.  Here's how I did it.

First I did a loose zig-zag stitch then I grabbed one thread and pulled it together to gather the material.

If you want to see how, watch this.




It's super simple and it costs way less than buying ruffles.

Vampire Energy

It sounds cool but this isn't like "V" on True Blood or some supernatural source for a metabolic high. This Vampire Energy is a bad thing. And I haven't thought much about it.

Probably all of us have appliances plugged in that we aren't using. Well, did you know that those appliances are secretly sucking energy out of those cords?

In the US alone, unused appliances suck up over 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and cost homeowners more than $100 each year!

That's not only bad for your wallet, it's bad for the environment too. So take a quick walk around your house and take a peek at those wall outlets...are appliances plugged in that you aren't using? Unplug them.

You'll be saving a little money for yourself and helping the environment at the same time.

FREE Writer's Workshop

Roseanne Parry will be teaching a free writers workshop at the Garden Home Library Tuesday the 20th of August at 7pm. The workshop will teach you how to create emotionally resonant characters using the seven deadly sins as a framework for understanding human conflict and motivations at the deepest level. 

Garden Home Library is at 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223-9019

Here's a link to their webpage with a map. Please register. The class is free.

http://www.wccls.org/libraries/gardenhome

 

Rosanne Parry has written:

WRITTEN IN STONE, 2013

SECOND FIDDLE, 2011

HEART OF A SHEPHERD, 2009

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Word for Wednesday-a Game for Writers

Word: Inapposite

It looks like it's misspelled..."write"?

It's not.

Do you know what it means...?

Take a guess...

Then scroll down for the Answer....


Further........



FURTHER........


ANSWER TO WORD FOR WEDNESDAY: INAPPOSITE MEANS

Not appropriate or pertinent; unsuitable (if you don't believe me...check it out here.)

SPAMoff

Yep, that's steam wafting off the succotash.

Still, it was not a huge success. There were only three entries. Not many daring people out there when it comes to SPAM.

Anastasia's was actually good. She hid her SPAM inside a coconut rice. It really was yummy. Mine wasn't bad but I wouldn't say it was good either.

I even bought the low sodium Spam but .... there's only so much you can do to hide that taste.

I tried to cook my entry in blocks. I had hash browns, my version of succotash (without the corn and benas) yeah, I know, that's succotash but I use tomatoes and zucchini, garlic and a few other ingredients to make my version, and then the SPAM.

So, my meal was to be multi-layered, you start on the bottom with the crispy hashbrowns, then you add the succotash and top it off with a few tidbits of SPAM.

Everyone thought I should have tried to hide the SPAM inside something.

But, I guess I've been watching too much CHOPPED - I was thinking that wouldn't be embracing the ingredient ;D

Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

DIY Sock Buns

Here's what you need to create great big buns:

1) Scissors,
2) one sock,
3) a hair tie
(and (maybe) a couple bobby pins)

 Cut the toe off your sock and start to roll it up into a thick hair tie.
 

Then pull your ponytail through the sock hair tie and start working it in and around

 Keep working the sock hair tie down to your scalp

 

 

 Smooth out your hair and if desire put another hair tie over the entire bun to hold everything in place

If there are any loose strands tuck them in with bobby pins.

WAH-LAH!!!