Sometimes, life is matter of timing...

I really like this saying;

"any given moment can change your life, you just have to be there".

I had one of those today. It was AWESOME!

We have a new marketing/communications woman where I work.  I like her. She’s professional and not overly exuberant about everything. Don’t get me wrong, I love an extrovert, but some people are a little over the top – which makes them seem very insincere. So far, I don’t get any weird kind of vibe from her.

Today, she came into our office looking for her boss (who was busy) and noticed the eggs I have out;

I told her a little about quilling and she asked me if I have a shop on Etsy. I don’t…but I should! And we talked about that for awhile. Then she told me that she has a close friend who owns a hair salon in a little area we call Broad Ripple. Her friend likes to display artwork by local artists – see where this is going?? So, Broad Ripple is kind of known for all its little boutiques and bohemian arts and crafts, jewelry, ceramics shops. It’s a great place to spend an afternoon.

Coincidentally, I happen to be carrying this picture around in my purse;

I saw it somewhere and thought, “oooooo, I could quill that!” See where this is going? She got very excited and said how much her friend  would LOVE that!! So I’m going to do it when I’m finished with my next couple of customer projects and talk to her about it again. FAROUT!!

Flashback Friday

At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was built in 1974 on a sandbar on Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River, just 10 miles downstream from the state capitol in Harrisburg. In 1978, a second state-of-the-art reactor began operating on Three Mile Island, which was lauded for generating affordable and reliable energy in a time of energy crises.
After the cooling water began to drain out of the broken pressure valve on the morning of March 28, 1979, emergency cooling pumps automatically went into operation. Left alone, these safety devices would have prevented the development of a larger crisis. However, human operators in the control room misread confusing and contradictory readings and shut off the emergency water system. The reactor was also shut down, but residual heat from the fission process was still being released. By early morning, the core had heated to over 4,000 degrees, just 1,000 degrees short of meltdown. In the meltdown scenario, the core melts, and deadly radiation drifts across the countryside, fatally sickening a potentially great number of people.

As the plant operators struggled to understand what had happened, the contaminated water was releasing radioactive gases throughout the plant. The radiation levels, though not immediately life-threatening, were dangerous, and the core cooked further as the contaminated water was contained and precautions were taken to protect the operators. Shortly after 8 a.m., word of the accident leaked to the outside world. The plant's parent company, Metropolitan Edison, downplayed the crisis and claimed that no radiation had been detected off plant grounds, but the same day inspectors detected slightly increased levels of radiation nearby as a result of the contaminated water leak. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh considered calling an evacuation.

Finally, at about 8 p.m., plant operators realized they needed to get water moving through the core again and restarted the pumps. The temperature began to drop, and pressure in the reactor was reduced. The reactor had come within less than an hour of a complete meltdown. More than half the core was destroyed or molten, but it had not broken its protective shell, and no radiation was escaping. The crisis was apparently over.
Two days later, however, on March 30, a bubble of highly flammable hydrogen gas was discovered within the reactor building. The bubble of gas was created two days before when exposed core materials reacted with super-heated steam. On March 28, some of this gas had exploded, releasing a small amount of radiation into the atmosphere. At that time, plant operators had not registered the explosion, which sounded like a ventilation door closing. After the radiation leak was discovered on March 30, residents were advised to stay indoors. Experts were uncertain if the hydrogen bubble would create further meltdown or possibly a giant explosion, and as a precaution Governor Thornburgh advised "pregnant women and pre-school age children to leave the area within a five-mile radius of the Three Mile Island facility until further notice." This led to the panic the governor had hoped to avoid; within days, more than 100,000 people had fled surrounding towns.

On April 1, President Jimmy Carter arrived at Three Mile Island to inspect the plant. Carter, a trained nuclear engineer, had helped dismantle a damaged Canadian nuclear reactor while serving in the U.S. Navy. His visit achieved its aim of calming local residents and the nation. That afternoon, experts agreed that the hydrogen bubble was not in danger of exploding. Slowly, the hydrogen was bled from the system as the reactor cooled.

At the height of the crisis, plant workers were exposed to unhealthy levels of radiation, but no one outside Three Mile Island had their health adversely affected by the accident. Nonetheless, the incident greatly eroded the public's faith in nuclear power. The unharmed Unit-1 reactor at Three Mile Island, which was shut down during the crisis, did not resume operation until 1985. Cleanup continued on Unit-2 until 1990, but it was too damaged to be rendered usable again. In the more than two decades since the accident at Three Mile Island, not a single new nuclear power plant has been ordered in the United States.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

some articles are just so dang fun!

This one is about all the things a woman should have accomplished before she turns a certain age.

Before a woman turns 20 she should;

·        Fall madly in love

·        Get something pierced

·        Pay yourself first

·        Register to vote!

·        Grow up.

Before a woman turns 30, she should;

·        Buy a really good piece of jewelry - This may sound frivolous, but it isn’t.  Costume jewelry can be fun, but there’s nothing like a really fine piece of heirloom-quality jewelry to make you feel beautiful, elegant and confident. Whether it’s a string of pearls or a diamond pendant, something new or an estate piece with a long history, the real story of your first piece of good jewelry begins with you.

·        Take up yoga

·        Try a new hair color

·        Adopt a pet – it’s good practice on how to be responsible for another living creature

·        Go skinny dipping at least once

Before a woman turns 40, she should;

·        Buy property

·        Commit to a long term relationship

·        Hire a financial planner

·        Accept yourself

Before a woman turns 50, she should;

·    Look back fondly;
Bad boys are exciting and mysterious strangers are, well, mysterious. Recognize that the pleasures of relationships with inappropriate people are short-lived, and don’t hesitate to move on when the thrill is gone. Before you’re 50, you should have at least one (or more) intriguing person in your past that you have loved, remember fondly, and are glad you didn’t marry.

·        Capture your family history

·        Create a plan for the 2^nd ½ of your life

·        Hire a personal trainer

·        Pursue lifelong learning

Before a woman turns 60, she should;

·        Become a mentor

·        Learn a new language

·        Reinvent yourself

·        Develop deep friendships

·        Create a memorable life - Some people think of life as a work of art, and each day a new series of brush strokes or chisel cuts or musical notes that adds to the masterpiece you’re creating. Most of us will not have lives that the world deems extraordinary or heroic, but each of us can enrich the lives of others and live a life that we are pleased to relive and remember in our old age

laundry

This morning on my drive in, the DJ's on the station I listen to were discussing a recent survey about washing jeans. More precisely, how often do you wash your jeans? The survey said that the average person washes their jeans after 4 or 5 wears. Really? Does that sound right to you? I think I was mine more often then that. Some of the respondents were pretty funny though. One person said that if you're afraid to smell them, it's time to wash them. One person said every 6 months. Some big wig at Levi Jeans said a couple times a year. I'm thinking he probably has A LOT of jeans though :-)

look at that!!!

There's quilling on Amazon!!

Flashback Friday

Slang is such a funny thing. While I was looking up slang words, I found several that started out meaning something entirely different than what they mean today. How does that happen? I'm still going to do my best to bring back "dig" and "cat". Anyway, here are some the best slang words of the 60's; "boss" is fun but that whole "ball" or "balling" for sex is downright weird! I've heard that term before but it's weird.

A Gas – having a fun time

Ape – crazy or mad

Bad – awesome

Badass – trouble maker

Bag – steal

Ball – have sex

Blown – drunk

Boogie – a short surfboard

Bookin’ – going fast

Boss – fantastic

Bug out – to leave

Bummer – a bad thing

Chickabiddy – because I told you so

Chop – a person you dislike

Crash – sleep

Dibs – ownership

Flower child = a hippie

Freak out – get excited

Gone – under the influence of drugs

Groovy – nice

Groady – dirty

Hairy – out of control

Hang loose – take it easy

Heavy – a controversial subject

Hodad – a person who does not surf

Jelly Roll – heroin

Later – goodbye

Lay it on me – tell me

Loaded – drunk

On the make – looking for a date

Pad – where you live

Padiddle – a car w/only one headlight

Panty waist – a boy who does not have a tough personality

Paper shaker – newsboy

Peeper – eyes

Peggers – jeans w/tight calfs and ankles

Pig – cop

Pig Out – overeat

Rap – to talk

Rip off – steal

Scratch – money

Skuzz – disgusting person

Slug bug – VW

Solid – I understand

Stoked – likes something a lot

Stoned – high on pot

Threads – clothes

Tooling – driving around

Wiped out – fell off the surfboard

What’s your bag man – what is your purpose

Hyperrealism art...

I know I've showed you these before but OMG! I still can't believe someone painted/drew these!

Do you love to read???

First of all, I didn't know about this website;

http://www.scribd.com/

How cool is that!!!!???  (see below)

Next though, this was kind of interesting - what people across the country like to read...

The Most Popular Book in Each of the 50 States 

March 1, 2014 – 5:15 AM By Vi-An Nguyen Parade

According to Scribd, an expansive e-book library—a Netflix-like e-book subscription service that lets users read unlimited books for $8.99 per month—arrived at these results by calculating how many times a book was read by readers registered in that state. That includes more than 300,000 titles across all categories.

Alabama

Midnight AngelLisa Kleypas

Alaska

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
Ben Cohen; Jerry Greenfield; Nancy Stevens

Arkansas

The Eve of Destruction
Howard Blum

Arizona

Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern

California

Just Kids
Patti Smith

Colorado

White Witch Black Curse
Kim Harrison

Connecticut

Prayers for The Dead: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Faye Kellerman

Washington, D.C.

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

Delaware

Summer of Skinny Dipping
Amanda Howells

Florida

Worst Fears Realized
Stuart Woods

Georgia

Worth Any Price
Lisa Kleypas

Hawaii

The Devil’s Star: A Novel
Jo Nesbo

Idaho

The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Julia Quinn

Illinois

American Gods
Neil Gaiman

Indiana

The Strain
Guillermo del Toro; Chuck Hogan

Iowa

The Venging
Greg Bear

Kansas

The High Lord: The Black Magician Trilogy
Trudi Canavan

Kentucky

Devoured By Darkness
Alexandra Ivy

Louisiana

The Scent of Lemon Leaves
Clara Sanchez; Julie Wark

Maine

Everything and the Moon
Julia Quinn

Maryland

Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter

Massachusetts

Anybody Out There?
Marian Keyes

Michigan

Serena
Ron Rash

Minnesota

Labor Day
Joyce Maynard

Mississippi

When Next We Love
Heather Graham

Missouri

The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot

Montana

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

Nebraska

I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore

Nevada

Scandal Becomes Her
Shirlee Busbee

New Hampshire

Microserfs: A Novel
Douglas Coupland

New Jersey

When We Meet Again
Victoria Alexander

New Mexico

Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
Anne George

New York

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee
Sarah Silverman

North Carolina

Keeping Faith
Jodi Picoult

North Dakota

The Mental Floss History of the United States
Erik Sass; Will Pearson; Mangesh Hattikudur

Ohio

Waiter Rant
Steve Dublanica

Oklahoma

Everywhere That Mary Went
Lisa Scottoline

Oregon

Tomb of the Golden Bird
Elizabeth Peters

Pennsylvania

Stuck in Downward Dog
Chantel Guertin

Rhode Island

Raylan: A Novel
Elmore Leonard

South Carolina

The Other Side of the Story
Marian Keyes

South Dakota

Heart of a Warrior
Johanna Lindsey

Tennessee

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Tucker Max

Texas

Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie

Utah

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story
Todd Burpo; Lynn Vincent

Vermont

The Family Vault
Charlotte MacLeod

Virginia

Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
Dyan Cannon

Washington

Galactic Corps
Ian Douglas

West Virginia

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket

Wisconsin

Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

Wyoming

Wishes in the Wind
Andrea Kane