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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Fluff and Stuff and Some Randon Thoughts for Pink Saturday

This is what I've been wearing during the cold weather.

These are what I ordered last week and received today! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeal!!! Darling.


Those of you who have followed me for any length of time have sent me comments on my Tutorial on Blogging after viewing it. Thank you for all the comments! But recently a question was asked on how to do a watermark. So after showing this blogger how to do it, she was amazed she didn't have to buy expensive software. After giving it about a minute of thought, I decided to share with all of you how to do a watermark on your photos. That is now included in the tutorial on the right hand side bar. Check it out and let me know if you need any help or if you have a particular issue with which you might need help. I'd be glad to help you.
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During the month of December I believe I posted every single day, which is a shift from my regular posting of trying to keep it to every other day. So beginning with January I'll shift back to every other day again. I truly could post every single day but I simply don't want to bore you any more than necessary. I blog for me. To keep busy and not become stale. I like to write and learn and hone my photography skills, which is NOT easy. If it draws you here to visit, so much the better. It's fun doing what I absolutely love more than anything.
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Happy pink saturday. Be sure and visit Beverly at HowSweetTheSound to view all the pink participants.
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One of my mottos is "fluff and stuff", which I did here. Stuff the photo with the imagery and then fluff with roses. Just practicing my photography skills, gals.






See how lovely a simple pink and purple platter of pink pine cones can be when paper roses are thrown in.

Then I finished froufrou-ing the pine cones. Such sparklies on it! Is sparklies a word? Hmmmmm...
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When I compliment people on something they usually just try to ignore it, but the polite thing is to simply say "thank you" and let it go and not make excuses for whatever it is you're being complimented on. I always do that because if they've taken the time to give me a compliment, then I should be gracious enough to acknowledge it.
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Several weeks ago hubs was helping me make the bed, and he got a bit confused on how a certain pillow should go on the bed.

He: Which way is up on this pillow?

She: Look at the bow.

He: Yeah, so?

She: Do the ends flop over the bow? Then you have it upside down.

He: Oh.
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Hubby had on his USMC hat when we stopped for a quick lunch a few weeks ago and as a patron was getting up to leave the sweet middle-aged man (heaven forbid a young person should acknowledge the hat) said "Thank you for your service." Hubs is a trifle hearing-challenged since he will rarely wear his hearing aids. (This occurred when he was a D.I. in the Marines and taught the men how to shoot rifles and frequently did not wear his sound suppressors. Now, think about the iPods in ears today. Those young people will lose their hearing in their 40s or 50s, if not sooner, and will be preaching the same thing to their kids: turn it down or lose your hearing. Sad, but true.) It was a quick exchange as the man and his wife scurried quickly out to run over to Toys R Us and hubby didn't hear him. I told him quickly but the man was gone before he could acknowledge him. That man will never know how much it touched our hearts but it definitely did.
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I've been wondering if God's pot roast is better than mine. How about his side dishes? And even his place settings? Gives one pause, doesn't it?
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I don't know about you but as I age and technology advances I have problems. For instance, I never, ever used to worry about the numbers and letters on my phone rubbing off after a couple of years of use. Now, on the new touch pad phones I can't find some of my numbers! I have 7 phones in this house and all have numbered touch pads for dialing. I have to count down from the top sometimes to find the one I want to dial. Can't they "seal" them with something to prevent this occurrence? Plus my makeup globs up on the key pads!
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I do NOT want to be in front of, beside or behind a driver whose license plate reads "Roadhog"; I want him well away from me.
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In my quest to change the way people talk—I mean grammatically—I've always wondered about people saying "If I were you" or some such statement. "I were" isn't exactly correct so I've been trying to find out why we say it that way—plural verb with a single pronoun. Here's what I've come up with:
In English grammar, when a statement is in obvious contradiction to reality, the subjunctive mood requires a plural verb after a singular noun or pronoun in conditional clauses beginning with if, but also in subordinate clauses following verbs like wish.

I hear college graduates saying things like this: "Me and him were talking the other day". (This was said in church the other day by a recent law school graduate. I'd hate to hear that person in court.) Did their English teachers not teach them?! It truly astounds me. I cannot believe the degeneracy of the population and English language. This is more common today than not.
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26 comments:

  1. Wow, LOVE those new slippers - they look like toe post ballet shoes. Gorgeous. I am consumed with envy but will try to rise above it.

    I'll read your tutorials with great interest - can't have too many blogger tutorials! And I bet you know different stuff from my stuff, and I'm always up for learning something new.

    Love the pine cones, and sparklies is a word, a verb and an attitude according to me, anyway. Definitely a state of mind... I even get sparklies into my blog backgrounds.

    RE numbers wearing off the phone - my letters are wearing off my only-one-year-old very expensive ergonomic keyboard! I do touch-type, but it's funny how touch typing doesn't help when you are tryig to type in a password. I'm at a loss on how to re-letter it, so any brilliant ideas....

    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  2. Just read through your Blogging Tutorial. There's a lot of info to take in one my first reading. I'am happy to know you Tutorial will be there when I need it.
    Thanks for all the good pointers.

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  3. HPS Connie. Loved your post and guess what? I bought some of those goody house shoes while in Chicago. A present to me from me. Hehe. I also saw the little birdhouses up close and personal and they were adorable and look so cute in Ava's nursery. I was an English major in college and really do get irked at grammar comments such as "me and him", etc. (bad I know). Have a super great day. xo

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  4. Well those pink roses mixed in with the pine cones are just perfect for a chilly Pink Saturday!

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  5. YEAH! I am an English "snob" too! It kills me when I hear people use words incorrectly. I can't spell worth a flip, but I do know how to talk and use the big SAT words correctly!! hehehe! Happy Pink Saturday! Enjoy your fun new slippers!

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  6. Im scrolling through your post...thinking, oh those pine cones and roses would be the perfect picture to make a "brush" with...then on down, low and behold,you did photoshop them. Lovely. The shoes are marv-a-lishious. Laurie

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  7. Hey sugar girl, Thank you for coming to my birthday party. AND the very sweet but stretching it a bit comments LOL

    Your post today..always thought provoking and sincere. Gives me fruit for thought, nods of agreement and as always grins and giggles. And the pink shoes are YOU! I had to leave PS for awhile since I'll be out of commission for a couple of months so I understand the need for less frequent posting. Love ya girl, Mollye

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  8. My Dear...Another beautiful post...and I already know you're thanking me...grin! And wes my dear...I do believe in the PINK SATURDAY dictionary that sparklies is a word! WhenI get some time I am going to read your tutorials...and learn...and then beg for photography lessons! Happy Pink Saturday to you...AND...your
    SPARKLIELISHOUS Blog!

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  9. Connie, thanks so much for the blogging tutorial. I've bookmarked it. I must also say I love your pink slippers. What could be more perfect for Pink Saturday. Have a great day.

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  10. I want your slippers.
    Connie, you could never be boring!

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  11. Hey Connie; I love your fuzzy warm slippers they look so comfy... I have a pair and I live in mine.. and the new Pink ones are to cute... You know my Daddy was the same way about his hearing aides... he said that people always mumbled...heehe sure do miss him.. OH and give a huge Thank you to your HB from me too.... Happy Pink Saturday sweetie..

    Hugs;
    Alaura
    thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and the kind comment...

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  12. Those shoes are just too dreamy~ I'm definitely envious :-)
    Thank you for sharing your tutorial on watermarking~ I've been meaning to do so with my photos, but thought it was more complicated (just goes to show- ask someone who knows!)

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  13. Hi Connie.... :-)

    So much to talk to you about.

    I can't find the website where you got those adorable little tootsie covers? They are divine.

    I allllllways try to thank every single military person I encounter. I think that most people don't take time to really think about their sacrifice. Men/Women like your hubby who has lost his hearing...others who have lost time with their wee ones while they've been away.....and other losses too. I am more than grateful. So, I'm tipping my hat to your dear hubby....please thank him for me. And, a MARINE too! Wow.

    Thank you for your offer to help with my button. I would soooo appreciate it. I know how to make a link to someone else's blog on my sidebar, but not how to make a button that others could pick up to use on their's. It seems so many girlies are doing that now.....and I would love one too!

    Yep, the grammar thing. I have two things that drive me crazy in that arena. #1. Sentences like "there's roses everwhere".....When, of course, it should be "there ARE roses everywhere"....I hear it about a gazillion times a day. (From journalists who should know better). #2. And, why in the dickens is this one becoming so popular?..."And, Little Suzie Sally, SHE will be up next.......I've been hearing it on TV about FORTY gazillion times a day lately.

    Ahhh come on..........SPARKLIES IS a word! :-)

    Big hugs sweet chickie....
    xoxoxoxo
    S

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  14. Oh, and PS.... The girl stilllll has more to say!..... My make up gets into the little creases in my phone too. My make up has a tiny bit of glimmer so my buttons sparkle....could that be a good thing? Pink, sparkly buttons? And, my numbers are all worn off too. I can manage using it to call somebody if I know the number, but I have a horrible time if someone has given their number in letters: 1.800.CALL.ME.....then I'm in a pickle, for sure!

    xoxoxox
    S

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  15. Happy Pink Saturday Miss Connie!
    Wow, love the cute shoes! Your photos are wonderful. I think Sparklies is a word too, when I was little, my favorite doll was called "Sparkle Plenty".

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  16. Hi Connie~thanks for your tutorial. I'm gonna go over and read thru it. I'm sure i'll learn something i can use. Also, i've taken your button to "wear" on my blog. Like you, I think I could blog about everyday - let's me say what i want to communicate. Guess that's journaling ala 21st century. I do love your pinecone and roses pictures and the shoes you showed in your lower post.
    Happy Pink Saturday and do thank your husband for us for his service to our country.

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  17. Hi Connie. Glad to meet you. First, I'd like to tell you that I love your new slippers. Second, I do believe 'sparklies' is a real word, because I don't have to look it up to know what it means. When I get caught up on responding to my comments, I'm coming back to check your decorating out. What little I've peeked at - sigh! Rosie

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  18. OH I LOVE the new slippers you got!! and your photos are BEAUTIFUL!!
    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  19. Happy Pink Saturday, Connie. I adore your new pink shoes.

    You are so sweet to share the tutorial. I love learning new things, too.

    Tell your husband I said thank you, too.

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  20. I really enjoyed your post today. You shared so many beautiful pink pictures as well as great information. I love the pine cones and pink roses together. A super job.

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  21. I so enjoyed my visit today! Your photographs are lovely. The roadhog thing made me chuckle and I do like to crank up the volume of music when I drive alone so I better watch that habit.

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  22. Popping in to say hello from Bend! I am going to study your tutorial ..
    Happy New Year!

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  23. Enjoy your new shoes, they are GORGEOUS!
    The blog tutorial is a great gift to us all, merci beaucoup.
    Glad you called in at the Presbytere today, your visits always cheer me up especially on cold grey days such as these.
    Maggie

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  24. great grammar lesson!!!!
    I had not thought about that specific use of "were" after "I'.

    I absolutely hate it when one of my daughters says "Me and him."
    I usually ask her "Why is he mean?"
    Then she glares eye daggers at me.

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  25. The New slippers are just darling, once I saw all the different ones, whew I would have a hard time to decide which to order. You did good. Hugs, Diane

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  26. love the slippers!

    oh oh oh you DARLING! I had google how to watermark earlier this evening and then got disheartened when I should have just visited you!!!

    thank you

    Rachaelxo

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