177/365 Do You Recharge?
We go through a lot of batteries in the Audrey household. I mean a LOT. Most of that has to do with teenagers and their gadgets, but some of it comes from old digital cameras and such.
You aren’t supposed to throw the old ones in the trash here, so we keep them in a huge jar marked “Dead Bats”. I’ll tell you the story on that some other time. It didn’t take long for the jar to over flow, and have to be taken into the recycling center. It also costs way too much to be going through so many!
So, now we get rechargeable. The only problem is the arguments over when a rechargeable isn’t good anymore.
Do you use rechargeable? Do you use many batteries? What uses them up the most?
Pardon Me
I’m doing a little maintenance, and may not be able to keep the site active in the next 24 hours. Please bear with me.
If you can actually see this, go ahead and comment. It should work.
Update: 1/10/10 11:20p
Looks like it all worked out. Whewh!
Bulging Muscles?
Sorry, Jack. Not yet.
Today’s theme is bulging
Previously in Jack and Jill Without Doing a Lick of Work
Saturday photo scavenger hunt
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Suzie’s House 146: Introductions
“Vin!” Miranda took the remote control out of his hand and levered him to his feet. “Diane’s here. You haven’t meet Diane yet, have you? Come on. I’ll introduce you.”
“Diane?”
“Yeah. She’s a good friend of Suzie and me. She used to baby sit Ben when he was little. That’s why she’s here. She’s going to take care of Ben and Gene while the rest of us are gone.”
“No wild parties, huh? What if she likes wild parties?” He gave Miranda an appreciative swat on the butt as they left the den. If she was anything like Miranda, they might well come home to find a keg in the back yard.
Miranda laughed. “Wait until you meet her.”
Squeeee
Recess! She couldn’t wait!
First out the door, running fast across the playground
right into the biggest school bully.
Down he went.
“Hey! You! You did that on purpose. I’m going to beat you up.”
“Tee-hee. No you’re not!”
Running again, she looked over her shoulder as if to say “hurry up slow poke!”
He grinned, and let her go.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words.
2009 in 13 pictures
13 Images I posted in 2009; a pictorial review.
1 It was so cold last winter that the screen door grew frost.
Ah Maria: Where to Begin
We begin a whole new series of history posts by Mr. Al today. For those who don’t know yet, Mr Al is my husband. I talked him into doing a series about the wives of Henry VIII, and then about the life of George IV. Somewhere along the way he became interested in the mother of Marie Antoinette, Maria Theresa. Welcome, Mr. Al, and thank you for letting me twist your arm yet again.
In the autumn of the year 1740, the Hapsburg Dynasty experienced a profound shock. The Emperor, Charles VI, died quite suddenly. Some thought he died from a bad cold caught while out hunting in nasty weather. Others were convinced he was carried off by a pot of bad mushrooms. Either way, the Holy Roman Emperor died without siring a son to take his place.
While some may have paused to consider the novelty of the situation, such a thing had not happened in over five hundred years, others were quick to prepare for what many believed would be the disintegration of the Hapsburg Empire.
13 Points of a Storm
I got cut off from my travel plans by a storm over the holidays. This isn’t a big deal, but while I was checking out the online cameras for the road conditions I noticed that this particular storm was huge. Not only did it run the usual two or three states north and south, it covered all of Montana at a whack. You’ll notice on the map that Montana runs between 500 and 600 miles wide. Here is a set of pictures that were taken by the highway department all at the same time. The cover the entire state.
