“Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” was extremely interesting. Their outlook on life can be compared to what I feel Americans outlook on life is. The practice of footbinding is a significant point in a young girl’s life. This process helps a young girl mature, changing from being simply a child to becoming a young adult, gaining more knowledge and experience. This process causes girls to learn obedience and discipline as they continue to walk on their feet until their bones break thus giving them the honored golden lily feet. While Americans have no such practice, young girls do go through a sort of process of maturing which brings them from being a child to being a young adult. The mark of a child turning into a young woman is generally achieved when a girl gets her first period. During this time, girls learn discipline because they must now deal with this change in their life. Having a monthly cycle is a significant part of life maturity, just as footbinding is a significant part of their life maturity.
The chapter “Love” was interesting because of the many different ways that women are expected to love. She states that they are told to love their children, love your daughters but love your sons more, love your husbands, love the in-laws, and to love your parents. This all seems simple enough, but when you continue reading there are always stipulations that cause it hard for this sort of love to be given. Many times, the love they are expected to give automatically leads them into large amounts of sadness, unhappiness, and beatings. In a way, Americans are taught to love in much the same ways, excluding loving your son more. While women in America are taught to love their children unconditionally, their love for their sons allows these boys to do different duties as well as developing into strong people. This unconditional love also allows daughters to develop and mature so that they too will be able to become a loving parent..
The significance of a laotong, or old same was overwhelming to me. For me this would be the duty of a family. Lily’s laotong relationship with Snow Flower went far beyond what a typical friend does or is. They fell in love with each other to help them escape themselves from the hardships they came across with husbands or people in general. The part where a laotong will wind up knowing more about you than your husband will know about you is amazing. The significance of a husband was not to know you or love you, but to impregnate you. Lily finds that doing bed business is ill favored and no fun at all but knows that she must in order to get pregnant to have a baby boy. There is no talk that goes on, which makes me think that the only way to get close to anyone is through sworn sisters or a laotong. I have trouble understanding this fact because the person who knows the most about me as well as being the closest to me is my fiancé.
Snow Flower has many miscarriages, causing her husband to beat her. When Lily hears about this, her advice to Snow Flower is to try again and have a baby boy. Snow Flower diligently follows the instructions that Lily dictates to her. The problem with this is that as Snow Flower is doing what Lily tells her to do, Lily is forgetting to see how Snow Flower needs her laotong’s shoulder to cry on. It makes me wonder why Snow Flower continued to love Lily as she did when she was being treated this way. Was it simply because she knew that Lily was trying her best, or is it just because of a binding contract that they wrote when they were young? The fact that Lily misreads Snow Flower’s statement on the fan gives me the idea that Lily did not have the true love for Snow Flower that a laotong should have for her mate.
As an outsider looking into a culture steeped in traditions, this story presents many concepts difficult to understand or accept. Understanding this story comes from the knowledge of commitment and love and the sense of honor they have for their traditions.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Ozymandias
The punctuation in Ozymandias is very interesting and fun. Shelley uses colons throughout the poem. This helps to make the poem stand still longer so that the meaning does not loose effect on who is reading it. The second line she uses a colon to expresses the importance of what a specific person has said. During what this person has said Shelley uses an ellipse to show us that the statement continues, but the words she is writing are all that matters to the reader.
She uses commas for this sole reason as well. The third line has a comma when she states, “Near them, on the sand,” and if there were no commas during this phrase, I think that it would loose a lot of the meaning that it has. Shelley uses a comma on roughly every line. This helps us to see what aspects are important to look at or see.
There are three other punctuation types that Shelley uses. She uses the exclamation point at the end of line 11 to show even more emphasis for what the words are meaning. She also uses quotations marks to refer back to the fact that a specific person is going to be speaking on lines 10 and 11. The last punctuation that Shelley uses is a period at the end of the entire poem to allow us to obviously see that the poem is coming to an end.
Ozymandias is about the rise and fall of Ozymandias. This poem is basically about the fact that all good things have to come to an end. In other words, this poem is about the fact that all governments or power structures will come to an end and become history. It helps to show that the fact that no matter how great something seems, it will come to an end eventually. Shelley helps us to see that Ozymandias has extremely short sighted views and aspirations. I find this to actually be really funny, but Shelley does not want us to laugh about his shortcomings. As your read the poem, we clearly see that while Ozymandias was short sighted in many ways, it is exactly how the world is today. Therefore, this poem can relate back to the things that are happening in the world today. There are always people that have short sights in things that need improved or changed today. So overall, I could say that this poem is the rise and fall of anyone.
She uses commas for this sole reason as well. The third line has a comma when she states, “Near them, on the sand,” and if there were no commas during this phrase, I think that it would loose a lot of the meaning that it has. Shelley uses a comma on roughly every line. This helps us to see what aspects are important to look at or see.
There are three other punctuation types that Shelley uses. She uses the exclamation point at the end of line 11 to show even more emphasis for what the words are meaning. She also uses quotations marks to refer back to the fact that a specific person is going to be speaking on lines 10 and 11. The last punctuation that Shelley uses is a period at the end of the entire poem to allow us to obviously see that the poem is coming to an end.
Ozymandias is about the rise and fall of Ozymandias. This poem is basically about the fact that all good things have to come to an end. In other words, this poem is about the fact that all governments or power structures will come to an end and become history. It helps to show that the fact that no matter how great something seems, it will come to an end eventually. Shelley helps us to see that Ozymandias has extremely short sighted views and aspirations. I find this to actually be really funny, but Shelley does not want us to laugh about his shortcomings. As your read the poem, we clearly see that while Ozymandias was short sighted in many ways, it is exactly how the world is today. Therefore, this poem can relate back to the things that are happening in the world today. There are always people that have short sights in things that need improved or changed today. So overall, I could say that this poem is the rise and fall of anyone.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Plant Banana Trees
Banana Trees are a great way to challenge you when it comes to plants. A banana tree is known for needing a very rich soil. This is because when they grow, they need a lot of feeding. The best soil to plant your banana tree in is a soil that will work with a 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer. This fertilizer should be put in every month to ensure the banana tree’s growth.
You need to find a place for your banana tree where it is hot. Add in some humidity, even better for the growth of your banana tree. You will want to wet down your leaves by using a misting bottle a lot. When they get dusty, you should immediately clean them off with a soft wet towel or sponge.
You can get a banana tree that is already planted in the soil that is needed. If you get one of these pre-planted banana trees that you bury and wait for pot to biodegrade into the earth, then you will only need to worry about the watering and the food that it needs.
Another thing to remember when planting banana trees is that you need to know how much space is available for your banana tree. There are different types of banana trees; you will want to know what type of banana tree will fit into your house or area where you are planting it. Also decide if you want to have edible fruit on your tree or it to be simply for looks.
The last way to plant a banana tree is starting from scratch. Once there will no longer be any frost, you need to find the location you are going to plant the banana tree. The place that you choose should be away from the wind, cold, have no more than 20 percent shade and a great draining system.
You need to dig a hole where you want the tree. This hole needs to be a three feet by four feet hole. If there is a pot that you are going to take the tree out of, measure the pot and make sure you dig the hole a little bit larger than what you measure. Fill the hold with an organic matter or mixed soil.
Take the banana tree out of the pot. Take your free hand and loosen the roots so that they are no longer compact together. Now you can place the banana tree into the hole. Now put in the soil cover the banana tree to where the dirt was within the pot. Gently pack the organic matter and soil around the banana tree.
You have finished planting your banana tree. Now you need to water it a lot. This will allow the roots to settle down and take hold in the ground. It will also get rid of any of the air pockets that were formed in the soil you were working with. To finish this process, put on some fertilizer to help give the banana tree some nutrients.
You need to find a place for your banana tree where it is hot. Add in some humidity, even better for the growth of your banana tree. You will want to wet down your leaves by using a misting bottle a lot. When they get dusty, you should immediately clean them off with a soft wet towel or sponge.
You can get a banana tree that is already planted in the soil that is needed. If you get one of these pre-planted banana trees that you bury and wait for pot to biodegrade into the earth, then you will only need to worry about the watering and the food that it needs.
Another thing to remember when planting banana trees is that you need to know how much space is available for your banana tree. There are different types of banana trees; you will want to know what type of banana tree will fit into your house or area where you are planting it. Also decide if you want to have edible fruit on your tree or it to be simply for looks.
The last way to plant a banana tree is starting from scratch. Once there will no longer be any frost, you need to find the location you are going to plant the banana tree. The place that you choose should be away from the wind, cold, have no more than 20 percent shade and a great draining system.
You need to dig a hole where you want the tree. This hole needs to be a three feet by four feet hole. If there is a pot that you are going to take the tree out of, measure the pot and make sure you dig the hole a little bit larger than what you measure. Fill the hold with an organic matter or mixed soil.
Take the banana tree out of the pot. Take your free hand and loosen the roots so that they are no longer compact together. Now you can place the banana tree into the hole. Now put in the soil cover the banana tree to where the dirt was within the pot. Gently pack the organic matter and soil around the banana tree.
You have finished planting your banana tree. Now you need to water it a lot. This will allow the roots to settle down and take hold in the ground. It will also get rid of any of the air pockets that were formed in the soil you were working with. To finish this process, put on some fertilizer to help give the banana tree some nutrients.
Plant Redwood Trees
Redwoods are a marvelous tree. They are beautiful in every way you look at it. The problem with redwoods is that they grow very large, so you will want to make sure that you have plenty of space for your redwood tree to grow before choosing to plant one.
The first thing you will want to do is get 20 to 25 redwood seeds. Place them in a cardboard. Plant them shallowly in the ground. The redwood tree seeds utilize the light so that they can germinate. The problem with redwood seeds is that the germination rate is roughly 5 percent.
Now, place the cardboard in a plastic back and seal it. If you can use a zip lock that is great, but if you can’t find a rubber band to tie the bag shut. Put this in an area where there is no sun. It must be a cool area where the moisture within the bag can grow. The seeds you have placed in the cardboard can not become dry while they are trying to germinate. Be careful not to over water the seeds in fear they will grow dry.
Wait until the seed has sprouted into a tree. It must be at least 5 inches tall before you can replant it into a container that has soil. Again, do not over water your redwood tree but try to keep its leaves misted. The thing to remember is that redwoods thrive in the rain forest, so try to imitate that aspect.
A different way of planting a redwood tree is by placing the seeds of a redwood between damp napkins. Place the damp napkins into a zip lock bag and put in aside for a few weeks. When you see a root sprout in the zip lock bag, it is time to transplant the redwood tree seed and root. Get a pot with fertile soil and transplant the root into the soil. Cover it up and let is sit. This process of planting a redwood tree is not the easiest and does not always work in resulting a redwood tree.
The last way to plant a redwood tree is take a bud from a real redwood tree. If there is no bud, a burl works great. The burl is the clump that develops from the bud but has not gone into a shoot or branch towards the base of the tree. Be sure that you get some root from the original tree to transplant into a pot of your own. This method works one out of every ten tries. It is the hardest way to plant a redwood tree because it takes a specific amount of root to ensure it will continue to grow.
The first thing you will want to do is get 20 to 25 redwood seeds. Place them in a cardboard. Plant them shallowly in the ground. The redwood tree seeds utilize the light so that they can germinate. The problem with redwood seeds is that the germination rate is roughly 5 percent.
Now, place the cardboard in a plastic back and seal it. If you can use a zip lock that is great, but if you can’t find a rubber band to tie the bag shut. Put this in an area where there is no sun. It must be a cool area where the moisture within the bag can grow. The seeds you have placed in the cardboard can not become dry while they are trying to germinate. Be careful not to over water the seeds in fear they will grow dry.
Wait until the seed has sprouted into a tree. It must be at least 5 inches tall before you can replant it into a container that has soil. Again, do not over water your redwood tree but try to keep its leaves misted. The thing to remember is that redwoods thrive in the rain forest, so try to imitate that aspect.
A different way of planting a redwood tree is by placing the seeds of a redwood between damp napkins. Place the damp napkins into a zip lock bag and put in aside for a few weeks. When you see a root sprout in the zip lock bag, it is time to transplant the redwood tree seed and root. Get a pot with fertile soil and transplant the root into the soil. Cover it up and let is sit. This process of planting a redwood tree is not the easiest and does not always work in resulting a redwood tree.
The last way to plant a redwood tree is take a bud from a real redwood tree. If there is no bud, a burl works great. The burl is the clump that develops from the bud but has not gone into a shoot or branch towards the base of the tree. Be sure that you get some root from the original tree to transplant into a pot of your own. This method works one out of every ten tries. It is the hardest way to plant a redwood tree because it takes a specific amount of root to ensure it will continue to grow.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Geisha
On of the hardest things about looking at the Japanese and Memoirs of a Geisha is that we think in a Western way. Arthur Golden is a Western man who is trying to share the story and life of a Geisha. Whether he means to or not, he puts a Western twist on the entire story. The position of Japanese women is one that is very respected. The Japanese women are “more firmly in control of the family budget, less threatened by marital violence or dissolution than American women, and enjoying unprecedented increases in life expectancy and leisure time, Japanese women may also be the beneficiaries of a culture that is, as Kazuko Tsurumi expresses it, more “woman-oriented” than Western culture” (Boocock, 552). For the American society, this is not at all true. The men in our culture are the dominant, even though women are able to live independently.
The Chairman is unlike most Japanese men. In Memoirs of a Geisha Chiyo is crying in the street and the Chairman stops to give her a handkerchief. She shares, “Ordinarily a man on the streets of Gion wouldn't notices a girl like me . . . he certainly wouldn't speak to me . . . Yet . . . this man had spoken kindly . . . For a flicker of a moment, I imagined the world completely different from the one I'd always known, a world in which I was treated with fairness, even kindness” (Golden, 110). This helps us to see the authoritarian, hierarchical, and patriarchal aspect of Japan. This fact that the Chairman does not wear kimono and instead he wears western-style business suit, we can see that he has been Westernized. This could be why he is unlike most Japanese men. He is also a self-made man, the epitome of the American Dream.
It is interesting to see how women figure change their lives. The journey with the Chairman to the United States also shows Sayuri's personal journey to her own independence. In Memoirs of a Geisha, Sayuri's life in the United States is “even richer in some ways than in Japan” (Golden, 426). The Japanese and Geisha believe strongly in horoscopes and astrology. I wonder if Sayuri looked at her horoscope before she took her journey to with the Chairman to the United States.
The Japanese use symbiotic relationship between individual lives and nature. We see this in Memoirs of a Geisha by the statement of, “We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course” (Golden 105-6). This also helps to show the astrological belief system Geisha develop. The journey with the Chairman shows that Sayuri chose her new course of travel.
Women in America believe that they get where they get by what they do. American women do not wait on nature or horoscopes to choose what they will do. Usually, women in America do what they want and sometimes pay the consequences after they have done what they do.
Americans do not have anything that constrains them to one specific area. “The geisha is, on the one hand, constrained by feudalistic rules of propriety, by blinding obligations to senior members of the “sisterhood,” by the discipline required to master highly exacting music and dance forms, by the very kimono and wig which are the uniform of the trade” (Boocock, 554). The ironic thing is that most geisha that are chosen have an independent style to them. They are “independent-minded enough to resist powerful social pressures to marry and have children, and to choose an occupation that is beyond the pale socially” (Boocock, 554). This goes against what we learn that geisha have to do. Masuda in her own biography shares that “she was expected, even forced, to have sex with her Donna and other clients, as were other geisha” (Palmer). In America, if a woman is forced to have sex, that is considered rape. There is no “acceptance” to the right for a man to make a woman have sex. American women are taught to speak out while Japanese women are taught to bite their tongues and obey.
If the geisha have such a hard time and are forced to do anything, why is a geisha something that is good for women in Japan? Dalby says that even though the Geisha are restricted, “geisha are among the very few Japanese women who can claim economic independence, freedom from conventional family ties, and solid professional accomplishments” (Boocock, 554). This is ironic because even though geisha can claim economic independence and freedom, they are still bound to certain regulations. They must continue to sleep with men and they usually have to have a donna in order to gain their independence. Sayuri had to repay her debts to the house in order to gain this independence.
Geisha represent aspects such as romantic or sexual appeal, conversationalists, and artistic for malls. To the Japanese men, these are items that are no necessarily owned by their wives. This is completely different than the American view. The wife for Americans are companions, lovers, and mothers all in one. For the Japanese, these traits a man could desire from any number of women, not just one. Americans look for a “whole” woman while the Japanese look for a “single” woman.
“For most Westerners, the work geisha conjures up a vague fantasy of a sex worker crossed with an artist, perhaps similar to the European courtesans of the last century” (Palmer). Westerners do not separate the difference between geisha and prostitutes the way the Japanese do. We see that geisha sell themselves for money, thus they are prostitutes. The problem is that geisha are entertainers and artists as well. The Geisha had to go through a lot to distinguish themselves from prostitutes. Since the Geisha and prostitutes sometimes worked in the same areas, the developed regulations “prohibiting geisha from sleeping with prostitutes customers. . . or from wearing the same tupe of kimono or hair ornaments, suggesting the difficulties of maintaining professional boundaries” (Boocock, 554). We also see this in Memoirs of a Geisha with the difference between the sections of the city that Chiyo and her sister are taken to. It is also noticeable when you look at the attire of the geisha versus the prostitute. The geisha's bow is tied in the back while the prostitutes bow is tied in the front for quicker access for clients.
The geisha's life changed dirastically when World War II came around. “The economic devastation caused by the war and ensuing United States occupation put an end to the tradition” (Palmer). The impact of Americans was devastating to the traditional Japan. There were trinkets being sold to Americans for money, so that people would be able to live. The Americans were found to actually be kind, and the rumors of Americans raping Japanese were false, bringing the cultures crashing together. The Americans also felt that they had to be kind to the Japanese due to the atomic bombs we put out. “American GIS also helped change the image of Japanese, especially as many married Japanese women” (Pye). This brought the cultures together, but even then, Western views diminished the Japanese traditions.
Memoirs of a Geisha share the differences between Americans and Japanese. Golden combines “a focus on one of the pillars of Western exotic imagination, quasi-academic discourse of the world of geisha and an implicit valorization of West over East” (Topping, 319). Westerners begin to try to change cultures they don't understand.
Works Cited
Boocock, Sarane Spence. "Japanese Women: Shadow or Sun?." Contemporary Sociology 13.5 (1984): 551-556.
Golden, Arthur. “Memoirs of a Geisha.”
Palmer, Kimberly Shearer. "Geisha reality." Women's Review of Books 20.12 (2003): 14-14.
Pye, Lucian W. "America's Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy." Foreign Affairs 86.2: 181-182.
Topping, Margaret. "Writing the Self, Writing the Other in Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysanthème and Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha." Comparative Critical Studies 1.3 (2004): 309-322.
The Chairman is unlike most Japanese men. In Memoirs of a Geisha Chiyo is crying in the street and the Chairman stops to give her a handkerchief. She shares, “Ordinarily a man on the streets of Gion wouldn't notices a girl like me . . . he certainly wouldn't speak to me . . . Yet . . . this man had spoken kindly . . . For a flicker of a moment, I imagined the world completely different from the one I'd always known, a world in which I was treated with fairness, even kindness” (Golden, 110). This helps us to see the authoritarian, hierarchical, and patriarchal aspect of Japan. This fact that the Chairman does not wear kimono and instead he wears western-style business suit, we can see that he has been Westernized. This could be why he is unlike most Japanese men. He is also a self-made man, the epitome of the American Dream.
It is interesting to see how women figure change their lives. The journey with the Chairman to the United States also shows Sayuri's personal journey to her own independence. In Memoirs of a Geisha, Sayuri's life in the United States is “even richer in some ways than in Japan” (Golden, 426). The Japanese and Geisha believe strongly in horoscopes and astrology. I wonder if Sayuri looked at her horoscope before she took her journey to with the Chairman to the United States.
The Japanese use symbiotic relationship between individual lives and nature. We see this in Memoirs of a Geisha by the statement of, “We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course” (Golden 105-6). This also helps to show the astrological belief system Geisha develop. The journey with the Chairman shows that Sayuri chose her new course of travel.
Women in America believe that they get where they get by what they do. American women do not wait on nature or horoscopes to choose what they will do. Usually, women in America do what they want and sometimes pay the consequences after they have done what they do.
Americans do not have anything that constrains them to one specific area. “The geisha is, on the one hand, constrained by feudalistic rules of propriety, by blinding obligations to senior members of the “sisterhood,” by the discipline required to master highly exacting music and dance forms, by the very kimono and wig which are the uniform of the trade” (Boocock, 554). The ironic thing is that most geisha that are chosen have an independent style to them. They are “independent-minded enough to resist powerful social pressures to marry and have children, and to choose an occupation that is beyond the pale socially” (Boocock, 554). This goes against what we learn that geisha have to do. Masuda in her own biography shares that “she was expected, even forced, to have sex with her Donna and other clients, as were other geisha” (Palmer). In America, if a woman is forced to have sex, that is considered rape. There is no “acceptance” to the right for a man to make a woman have sex. American women are taught to speak out while Japanese women are taught to bite their tongues and obey.
If the geisha have such a hard time and are forced to do anything, why is a geisha something that is good for women in Japan? Dalby says that even though the Geisha are restricted, “geisha are among the very few Japanese women who can claim economic independence, freedom from conventional family ties, and solid professional accomplishments” (Boocock, 554). This is ironic because even though geisha can claim economic independence and freedom, they are still bound to certain regulations. They must continue to sleep with men and they usually have to have a donna in order to gain their independence. Sayuri had to repay her debts to the house in order to gain this independence.
Geisha represent aspects such as romantic or sexual appeal, conversationalists, and artistic for malls. To the Japanese men, these are items that are no necessarily owned by their wives. This is completely different than the American view. The wife for Americans are companions, lovers, and mothers all in one. For the Japanese, these traits a man could desire from any number of women, not just one. Americans look for a “whole” woman while the Japanese look for a “single” woman.
“For most Westerners, the work geisha conjures up a vague fantasy of a sex worker crossed with an artist, perhaps similar to the European courtesans of the last century” (Palmer). Westerners do not separate the difference between geisha and prostitutes the way the Japanese do. We see that geisha sell themselves for money, thus they are prostitutes. The problem is that geisha are entertainers and artists as well. The Geisha had to go through a lot to distinguish themselves from prostitutes. Since the Geisha and prostitutes sometimes worked in the same areas, the developed regulations “prohibiting geisha from sleeping with prostitutes customers. . . or from wearing the same tupe of kimono or hair ornaments, suggesting the difficulties of maintaining professional boundaries” (Boocock, 554). We also see this in Memoirs of a Geisha with the difference between the sections of the city that Chiyo and her sister are taken to. It is also noticeable when you look at the attire of the geisha versus the prostitute. The geisha's bow is tied in the back while the prostitutes bow is tied in the front for quicker access for clients.
The geisha's life changed dirastically when World War II came around. “The economic devastation caused by the war and ensuing United States occupation put an end to the tradition” (Palmer). The impact of Americans was devastating to the traditional Japan. There were trinkets being sold to Americans for money, so that people would be able to live. The Americans were found to actually be kind, and the rumors of Americans raping Japanese were false, bringing the cultures crashing together. The Americans also felt that they had to be kind to the Japanese due to the atomic bombs we put out. “American GIS also helped change the image of Japanese, especially as many married Japanese women” (Pye). This brought the cultures together, but even then, Western views diminished the Japanese traditions.
Memoirs of a Geisha share the differences between Americans and Japanese. Golden combines “a focus on one of the pillars of Western exotic imagination, quasi-academic discourse of the world of geisha and an implicit valorization of West over East” (Topping, 319). Westerners begin to try to change cultures they don't understand.
Works Cited
Boocock, Sarane Spence. "Japanese Women: Shadow or Sun?." Contemporary Sociology 13.5 (1984): 551-556.
Golden, Arthur. “Memoirs of a Geisha.”
Palmer, Kimberly Shearer. "Geisha reality." Women's Review of Books 20.12 (2003): 14-14.
Pye, Lucian W. "America's Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy." Foreign Affairs 86.2: 181-182.
Topping, Margaret. "Writing the Self, Writing the Other in Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysanthème and Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha." Comparative Critical Studies 1.3 (2004): 309-322.
Pool Vacuum
When your pool gets dirty, you have to do what you do in your own house, vacuum. Everybody wants to be able to have a sparkly clean pool waiting for them to swim in, however, you can't achieve this without a vacuum. Every pool vacuum is usually a package of items. There is the head, handle, hose, and plate.
Vacuum parts
The vacuum head is either a brush or a very flexible roller. The handle connects the head to the rest of the vacuum and is usually telescopic. The vacuum hose is a soft flexible hose that has cuffs on both ends that connect the head of the vacuum on one end and the skimmer box to the other end. The hose has to be long enough so that it will go from the skimmer box to the farthest point on your pool floor. The hose is usually 38 mm for inground pools and 32 mm for above ground pools. Be sure that these measurements will work with your pool. The vacuum plate is in the skimmer box.
Preparing
Before you begin to vacuum your pool, be sure that you do two items before you start. The first thing you must do is make sure that the filter is clean before vacuuming. This makes sure that it will not backwash anything into the pool after you have vacuumed the entire pool. The second thing that you must do is make sure that your floor isn't extremely dirty. If it is extremely dirty, you will probably be wasting your time and therefore you will be vacuuming up waste.
Vacuum set up
The vacuum head has to be connected to the handle, along with the hose before you begin vacuuming. You then will place the head on the very bottom of your pool. The hose will then fill up with water. Once the hose if filled with water, you can then connect the hose to the skimmer box. Next you will place the open end of your hose over the return in order to fit the pool. You will then use the returning water to force the air from your hose. After this has been completed, you will then connect the hose into the skimmer box vacuum plate. After you have completed all of these things, you can begin vacuuming your pool. Move the vacuum head along the pool floor removing all the debris and items in your pool.
What to remember
Do not vacuum up any large leaves or twigs that are in your pool. You can remove these items by your pool net. If you vacuum them up, you run the chance of ruining your vacuum or clogging your vacuum. You may have to switch off the pump while you are vacuuming so that you can remove the hose or plate. Be sure that you never lift the vacuum head from the pool floor. You must disconnect the vacuum hose from the skimmer box before you ever lift the vacuum off the floor.
Vacuum parts
The vacuum head is either a brush or a very flexible roller. The handle connects the head to the rest of the vacuum and is usually telescopic. The vacuum hose is a soft flexible hose that has cuffs on both ends that connect the head of the vacuum on one end and the skimmer box to the other end. The hose has to be long enough so that it will go from the skimmer box to the farthest point on your pool floor. The hose is usually 38 mm for inground pools and 32 mm for above ground pools. Be sure that these measurements will work with your pool. The vacuum plate is in the skimmer box.
Preparing
Before you begin to vacuum your pool, be sure that you do two items before you start. The first thing you must do is make sure that the filter is clean before vacuuming. This makes sure that it will not backwash anything into the pool after you have vacuumed the entire pool. The second thing that you must do is make sure that your floor isn't extremely dirty. If it is extremely dirty, you will probably be wasting your time and therefore you will be vacuuming up waste.
Vacuum set up
The vacuum head has to be connected to the handle, along with the hose before you begin vacuuming. You then will place the head on the very bottom of your pool. The hose will then fill up with water. Once the hose if filled with water, you can then connect the hose to the skimmer box. Next you will place the open end of your hose over the return in order to fit the pool. You will then use the returning water to force the air from your hose. After this has been completed, you will then connect the hose into the skimmer box vacuum plate. After you have completed all of these things, you can begin vacuuming your pool. Move the vacuum head along the pool floor removing all the debris and items in your pool.
What to remember
Do not vacuum up any large leaves or twigs that are in your pool. You can remove these items by your pool net. If you vacuum them up, you run the chance of ruining your vacuum or clogging your vacuum. You may have to switch off the pump while you are vacuuming so that you can remove the hose or plate. Be sure that you never lift the vacuum head from the pool floor. You must disconnect the vacuum hose from the skimmer box before you ever lift the vacuum off the floor.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Salt Water Pool Maintenance
Do you have a salt water pool? Are you wanting to know the difference between salt water pools and regular pools? Are you wondering how to keep it nice and clean so that you can make sure that other's think your pool is the cleanest? Well, there are many ways that you can maintain your salt water pool. You need to be able to keep a routine maintenance schedule so that you are able to ensure that your pool is properly cared for.
One of the items that you use to help maintain your salt water pool the easiest is a salt chlorination system. This item makes salt water pools a lot easier to use. This also will help to reduce the maintenance that you have to do, compared to that without a salt chlorination system. A regular pool requires you to shock the pool with large doses of chlorine, but with a salt water pool chlorination system does not require you to ever have to shock your pool.
In regular pools, the chlorine combines with the waste material of the pool. This is usually nitrogen or ammonia type items. The regular pools maintenance schedule uses the chlorine combined with a mono, di, or tri chloramines. Trichloramines are compounds that are associated with community pools or extremely dirty private pools. They have strong chlorine smells. The chlorine in the pool also burns the eyes and skin which makes you smell like chlorine after you are done swimming. The only way that you are able to get rid of the smells is to shock the pool on a routine maintenance schedule every week.
Maintenance
The pool maintenance for a salt water pool is obviously a little different than that of a regular pool. The first thing that you have to do is look at your swimming pool. If it is clean and sparkly, you have a very good filteration system, and the chlorine for the week is good, as well as the water balance is probably great. Next you will have to look at your salt water unit. If indicator on the production scale is glowing, the unit is producing chlorine. This is a normal thing for your unit to do. The unit produces chlorine every hour for roughly 5 to 10 minutes. If the unit does not glow at any time during the hour, you will need to make sure that your unit is properly working or if it is clogged or needs replaced. You must check the salt level of your salt water pool roughly every 6 months. If you live in an area where the weather is bad and you have a lot of rainfall, you may want to check the salt level of your pool more often. You will have to clean the cell to make sure that the calcium deposits do not result in any loose of chlorine production form your unit. This needs to be checked every week with your routine.
One of the items that you use to help maintain your salt water pool the easiest is a salt chlorination system. This item makes salt water pools a lot easier to use. This also will help to reduce the maintenance that you have to do, compared to that without a salt chlorination system. A regular pool requires you to shock the pool with large doses of chlorine, but with a salt water pool chlorination system does not require you to ever have to shock your pool.
In regular pools, the chlorine combines with the waste material of the pool. This is usually nitrogen or ammonia type items. The regular pools maintenance schedule uses the chlorine combined with a mono, di, or tri chloramines. Trichloramines are compounds that are associated with community pools or extremely dirty private pools. They have strong chlorine smells. The chlorine in the pool also burns the eyes and skin which makes you smell like chlorine after you are done swimming. The only way that you are able to get rid of the smells is to shock the pool on a routine maintenance schedule every week.
Maintenance
The pool maintenance for a salt water pool is obviously a little different than that of a regular pool. The first thing that you have to do is look at your swimming pool. If it is clean and sparkly, you have a very good filteration system, and the chlorine for the week is good, as well as the water balance is probably great. Next you will have to look at your salt water unit. If indicator on the production scale is glowing, the unit is producing chlorine. This is a normal thing for your unit to do. The unit produces chlorine every hour for roughly 5 to 10 minutes. If the unit does not glow at any time during the hour, you will need to make sure that your unit is properly working or if it is clogged or needs replaced. You must check the salt level of your salt water pool roughly every 6 months. If you live in an area where the weather is bad and you have a lot of rainfall, you may want to check the salt level of your pool more often. You will have to clean the cell to make sure that the calcium deposits do not result in any loose of chlorine production form your unit. This needs to be checked every week with your routine.
How to change your regular Pool into a Salt water Pool
Are you tired of having a regular pool? Do you think that a salt water pool is important for you to have? Are you wanting to be able to change your regular pool and convert it to a salt water pool? Well, that may not be your best move. There are some big disadvantages of actually converting your pool to a salt water pool that you may want to think about before you make any choices.
One of the things that you will have to do is continually check the equipment to make sure that it is properly cared for. If it is not running properly, you may have a lot of little problems to deal with. One of the problems you may have is that there could be a build up of or extra chlorine being put into your pool. This would make the water extremely unbalanced, which is bad. This could also cause certain things in your pool to dissolve or disintegrate. One of the items that could do this is the heat exchanger. This would also mean that you could not have a heater for your pool for awhile.
With as much salt that you would need in your pool, you could experience having calcium deposits inside as well as around your pool. This would make your pool look scaly as well as un-fit for swimming in. To eliminate having calcium build-up or deposits, you will have to maintain your pool and upkeep it regularly so that you can clean the pool to ensure that it will not have any build-up. A salt water pool is known to attract calcium because the salt will sit for hours which would build result in the build-up on your pool.
You have to remember that when you are working with a salt water pool, you will have to learn the different aspect about the pool. There are some things that are completely different about a salt water pool and a regular pool. The first thing you have to learn more about is the alkalinity level of your pool. With a salt water pool, it will be higher, which is not always good. This would then actually cause your pH level to be higher. With the higher pH level in your pool's water, you could experience red eyes or eye irritation because of the way your pool is set up.
Even though you have a salt water pool, you are still going to have chlorine in your pool. Salt water pools actually need more salt for the single fact that a pool will need to have twice as much salt in order to make the chlorine that is needed for your pool. The salt has to be converted into chlorine to upkeep your pool. This means that there will need to be twice as much salt in your pool for the conversion of it to work.
One of the things that you will have to do is continually check the equipment to make sure that it is properly cared for. If it is not running properly, you may have a lot of little problems to deal with. One of the problems you may have is that there could be a build up of or extra chlorine being put into your pool. This would make the water extremely unbalanced, which is bad. This could also cause certain things in your pool to dissolve or disintegrate. One of the items that could do this is the heat exchanger. This would also mean that you could not have a heater for your pool for awhile.
With as much salt that you would need in your pool, you could experience having calcium deposits inside as well as around your pool. This would make your pool look scaly as well as un-fit for swimming in. To eliminate having calcium build-up or deposits, you will have to maintain your pool and upkeep it regularly so that you can clean the pool to ensure that it will not have any build-up. A salt water pool is known to attract calcium because the salt will sit for hours which would build result in the build-up on your pool.
You have to remember that when you are working with a salt water pool, you will have to learn the different aspect about the pool. There are some things that are completely different about a salt water pool and a regular pool. The first thing you have to learn more about is the alkalinity level of your pool. With a salt water pool, it will be higher, which is not always good. This would then actually cause your pH level to be higher. With the higher pH level in your pool's water, you could experience red eyes or eye irritation because of the way your pool is set up.
Even though you have a salt water pool, you are still going to have chlorine in your pool. Salt water pools actually need more salt for the single fact that a pool will need to have twice as much salt in order to make the chlorine that is needed for your pool. The salt has to be converted into chlorine to upkeep your pool. This means that there will need to be twice as much salt in your pool for the conversion of it to work.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Long to Short Hair
When you are going to drastically change how your hair is, it is important that you are ready for all sorts of challenges. If you are transitioning from long to short hair it will take some time getting used to. The hair styles that you have grown to love will no longer be possible. You may have to invest in items that you never had to with long hair such as moose or gel.
With short hair, you may not have to take as much time as you have had to in the past. You may be able to get out of the shower and put in some gel and call it good, while when you had long hair you had to comb it and then figure out what you were going to do with it for the day. Simply remember that having short hair is going to be a lot different than what it is like to have long hair.
The main thing that you should be aware of is if you have long hair, you can donate it for so many different causes. One of the places that you could donate your long unwanted hair is to Locks of Love. Locks of Love will accept colored or permed hair. If for some reason you have bleached your hair, they will not be able to accept the hair that you have cut off. They will not accept anything that is not in a ponytail or braid, excluding dreadlocks. Your hair must be at least 10 inches long when it is cut off. If you have curly hair, it may be pulled straight so that it measures at least 10 inches.
There are a number of places that take hair for donations for a number of causes. It is important that you go to a salon that you have already been to so that you know that you can trust the people to send it into wherever you are choosing to donate the hair. A lot of times, you can mail it in yourself or give it to the people in person if you are in an area that is collecting hair for donations.
A lot of hair is usually given to organizations that specialize in helping make wigs for cancer patients. You should always be happy for helping out someone in need when you donate you hair. While you may think that it is not a big deal that you have donate hair, it could actually mean the world to the person who receives the wig that it was made into.
With short hair, you may not have to take as much time as you have had to in the past. You may be able to get out of the shower and put in some gel and call it good, while when you had long hair you had to comb it and then figure out what you were going to do with it for the day. Simply remember that having short hair is going to be a lot different than what it is like to have long hair.
The main thing that you should be aware of is if you have long hair, you can donate it for so many different causes. One of the places that you could donate your long unwanted hair is to Locks of Love. Locks of Love will accept colored or permed hair. If for some reason you have bleached your hair, they will not be able to accept the hair that you have cut off. They will not accept anything that is not in a ponytail or braid, excluding dreadlocks. Your hair must be at least 10 inches long when it is cut off. If you have curly hair, it may be pulled straight so that it measures at least 10 inches.
There are a number of places that take hair for donations for a number of causes. It is important that you go to a salon that you have already been to so that you know that you can trust the people to send it into wherever you are choosing to donate the hair. A lot of times, you can mail it in yourself or give it to the people in person if you are in an area that is collecting hair for donations.
A lot of hair is usually given to organizations that specialize in helping make wigs for cancer patients. You should always be happy for helping out someone in need when you donate you hair. While you may think that it is not a big deal that you have donate hair, it could actually mean the world to the person who receives the wig that it was made into.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
King Lear Map
King Lear Map
I.i. Lear wants daughters to profess their love, Cordelia marries France; sisters plot.
Kent: “Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart.” (144-145)
I.ii. Gloucester is gullible and believed Edmund; Edgar sees trouble; Edmund continues plotting.
Edmund: “An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star.” (126-128)
I.iii. Goneril pissing Lear off with help of servants for hope of confrontation.
Goneril: “By day and night he wrongs me, every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other That sets us all at odds.” (3-5)
I.iv. Kent serves Lear; Goneril wants Lear out; Oswald wants Goneril to calm down.
Fool: “A fox, when one has caught her, And such a daughter, Should sure to the slaughter, If my cap would buy a halter, So the Fool follows after.” (317-321)
I.v. Kent, Lear, Fool go to next house; tell jokes and wisdom.
Fool: “She’s that a maid now, and laughs at my departure, Shall not be a maid long, unless things be cut shorter.” (51-52)
II.i. Gloucester finds Edmund and Edgar fighting; Regan warning others.
Regan: “Our good old friend, Lay comforts to your bosom, and bestow Your needful council to our businesses, which came the instant use.” (125-128)
II.ii. Oswald, Kent fight; Cornwalll puts Kent in stocks.
Kent: “None of these rogues and cowards But Ajax is their fool.” (124)
II.iii. Edgar helps us learn that he’s disguised as a beggar.
Edgar: “No port is free, no place That guard an most unusual vigilance Does not attend my taking.” (3-5)
II.iv. Lear, Fool, Kent go to Regan; Regan, Goneril refuse nights; Lear leaves during storm.
Regan: “Oh sir, to willful men, The injuries that they themselves procure Must be their schoolmasters.” (302-304)
III.i. Kent sends gentleman to Cordelia, France for help; find King.
Gentleman: “Bids the winds blow the earth into the sea.” (5)
III.ii. Lear in storm; Fool wanting Lear safe; Kent, Lear at hut; Fool’s prophesy.
Fool: “This prophesy Merlin shall make, For I live before his time.” (92-93)
III.iii. Gloucester tells Edmund plans; Edmund betrays Gloucester.
Gloucester: “When I desir’d their leave that I might pity him, they took from me the use of my own house,. . .to sustain him.” (2-6)
III.iv. Kent, Lear at hut; storm takes Lear’s mind from daughters; Edgar hidden with “devil.”
Edgar: “False of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey.” (92-94)
III.v. Cornwall, Edmund, speak about loyalty and Gloucester; Edmund sets off for Gloucester.
Cornwall: “I now perceive, it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him seek his death; but a provoking merit, set a-work by a reprovable badness in himself.” (5-8)
III.vi. Gloucester, Kent, Edgar with Lear; Lear going crazy; Edgar must reveal himself soon.
Edgar: “Hoppendance cries in Tom’s belly for two white herring. Croak not, black angel, I am no food for thee.” (30-32)
III.vii. Regan, Cornwall gouge Gloucester’s eyes out.
Regan: “Go thrust him out at gates, and let him smell his way to Dover.” (93-94)
IV.i. Gloucester meets up with Edgar, but doesn’t know; Gloucester wants to kill himself.
Edgar: “But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee, Life would not yield to age.” (11-12)
IV.ii. Goneril, Albany fight; despise each other; Goneril wants Edmund; Albany revenge for Gloucester.
Albany: “Proper deformity shows not in the fiend So horrid as in woman.” (60-61)
IV.iii. Kent, Gentleman talk; Cordelia gets letter; Gentleman brought to Lear.
Gentleman: “Ay, sir, she took them, read them in my presence, And now and then an ample tear trill’d down Her delicate cheek.” (11-12)
IV.iv. Cordelia asks doctor to help Lear; British coming; France ready.
Cordelia: “What can man’s wisdom In restoring his bereaved sense?” (8-9)
IV.v. Regan, Oswald talk; smarter for Edmund marry Regan; soldiers out tomorrow.
Regan: “Faith, he is posted hence on serious matter.” (8)
IV.vi. Gloucester, Edgar meet with Lear; Oswald has Goneril’s letter; battles Stewart.
Lear: “Behold yond simp’ring dame, Whose face between her forks presages snow; That minces virtue, and does shake the head To hear of pleasure’s name.” (118-121)
IV.vii. Lear awakens to Cordelia; Kent hears Cornwall dead; Kent’s life belongs to battle.
Cordelia: “Mine enemy’s dog, Though he had bit me, should have stood that night Against my fire.” (35-37)
V.i. Edmund, Regan speak who he’ll choose; Edgar delivers letter to Albany.
Edgar: “If you miscarry, Your business of the world hath so an end, An machination ceases.” (44-46)
V.ii. Edgar leads Gloucester; battle close; Gloucester wants to die.
Edgar: “Men must endure Their going hence even as their coming hither, Ripeness to all.” (9-11)
V.iii. Goneril, Regan die; Lear, Cordelia jailed; Edgar meets Edmund; Cordelia hung; Lear dies.
Edgar: “The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” (324-325)
I.i. Lear wants daughters to profess their love, Cordelia marries France; sisters plot.
Kent: “Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart.” (144-145)
I.ii. Gloucester is gullible and believed Edmund; Edgar sees trouble; Edmund continues plotting.
Edmund: “An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star.” (126-128)
I.iii. Goneril pissing Lear off with help of servants for hope of confrontation.
Goneril: “By day and night he wrongs me, every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other That sets us all at odds.” (3-5)
I.iv. Kent serves Lear; Goneril wants Lear out; Oswald wants Goneril to calm down.
Fool: “A fox, when one has caught her, And such a daughter, Should sure to the slaughter, If my cap would buy a halter, So the Fool follows after.” (317-321)
I.v. Kent, Lear, Fool go to next house; tell jokes and wisdom.
Fool: “She’s that a maid now, and laughs at my departure, Shall not be a maid long, unless things be cut shorter.” (51-52)
II.i. Gloucester finds Edmund and Edgar fighting; Regan warning others.
Regan: “Our good old friend, Lay comforts to your bosom, and bestow Your needful council to our businesses, which came the instant use.” (125-128)
II.ii. Oswald, Kent fight; Cornwalll puts Kent in stocks.
Kent: “None of these rogues and cowards But Ajax is their fool.” (124)
II.iii. Edgar helps us learn that he’s disguised as a beggar.
Edgar: “No port is free, no place That guard an most unusual vigilance Does not attend my taking.” (3-5)
II.iv. Lear, Fool, Kent go to Regan; Regan, Goneril refuse nights; Lear leaves during storm.
Regan: “Oh sir, to willful men, The injuries that they themselves procure Must be their schoolmasters.” (302-304)
III.i. Kent sends gentleman to Cordelia, France for help; find King.
Gentleman: “Bids the winds blow the earth into the sea.” (5)
III.ii. Lear in storm; Fool wanting Lear safe; Kent, Lear at hut; Fool’s prophesy.
Fool: “This prophesy Merlin shall make, For I live before his time.” (92-93)
III.iii. Gloucester tells Edmund plans; Edmund betrays Gloucester.
Gloucester: “When I desir’d their leave that I might pity him, they took from me the use of my own house,. . .to sustain him.” (2-6)
III.iv. Kent, Lear at hut; storm takes Lear’s mind from daughters; Edgar hidden with “devil.”
Edgar: “False of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey.” (92-94)
III.v. Cornwall, Edmund, speak about loyalty and Gloucester; Edmund sets off for Gloucester.
Cornwall: “I now perceive, it was not altogether your brother’s evil disposition made him seek his death; but a provoking merit, set a-work by a reprovable badness in himself.” (5-8)
III.vi. Gloucester, Kent, Edgar with Lear; Lear going crazy; Edgar must reveal himself soon.
Edgar: “Hoppendance cries in Tom’s belly for two white herring. Croak not, black angel, I am no food for thee.” (30-32)
III.vii. Regan, Cornwall gouge Gloucester’s eyes out.
Regan: “Go thrust him out at gates, and let him smell his way to Dover.” (93-94)
IV.i. Gloucester meets up with Edgar, but doesn’t know; Gloucester wants to kill himself.
Edgar: “But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee, Life would not yield to age.” (11-12)
IV.ii. Goneril, Albany fight; despise each other; Goneril wants Edmund; Albany revenge for Gloucester.
Albany: “Proper deformity shows not in the fiend So horrid as in woman.” (60-61)
IV.iii. Kent, Gentleman talk; Cordelia gets letter; Gentleman brought to Lear.
Gentleman: “Ay, sir, she took them, read them in my presence, And now and then an ample tear trill’d down Her delicate cheek.” (11-12)
IV.iv. Cordelia asks doctor to help Lear; British coming; France ready.
Cordelia: “What can man’s wisdom In restoring his bereaved sense?” (8-9)
IV.v. Regan, Oswald talk; smarter for Edmund marry Regan; soldiers out tomorrow.
Regan: “Faith, he is posted hence on serious matter.” (8)
IV.vi. Gloucester, Edgar meet with Lear; Oswald has Goneril’s letter; battles Stewart.
Lear: “Behold yond simp’ring dame, Whose face between her forks presages snow; That minces virtue, and does shake the head To hear of pleasure’s name.” (118-121)
IV.vii. Lear awakens to Cordelia; Kent hears Cornwall dead; Kent’s life belongs to battle.
Cordelia: “Mine enemy’s dog, Though he had bit me, should have stood that night Against my fire.” (35-37)
V.i. Edmund, Regan speak who he’ll choose; Edgar delivers letter to Albany.
Edgar: “If you miscarry, Your business of the world hath so an end, An machination ceases.” (44-46)
V.ii. Edgar leads Gloucester; battle close; Gloucester wants to die.
Edgar: “Men must endure Their going hence even as their coming hither, Ripeness to all.” (9-11)
V.iii. Goneril, Regan die; Lear, Cordelia jailed; Edgar meets Edmund; Cordelia hung; Lear dies.
Edgar: “The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” (324-325)
Some people focus too long
On the path they once led
Never looking toward the now
The present and what it holds
Turning into a thorned leaf
Never knowing how to unwind
Always causing a sharp pain
Where you least expect…
While loosing everything you hold dear
Barely reaching for success
Drowning within yourself
Simply look for the Path of Light
Let your thorned self release
And allow yourself to be
A friend to all…
A member of Today's Society
On the path they once led
Never looking toward the now
The present and what it holds
Turning into a thorned leaf
Never knowing how to unwind
Always causing a sharp pain
Where you least expect…
While loosing everything you hold dear
Barely reaching for success
Drowning within yourself
Simply look for the Path of Light
Let your thorned self release
And allow yourself to be
A friend to all…
A member of Today's Society
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Halloween Decorations
Decorations, Decorations, Decorations. Halloween is a time for decorations. If you are on a budget, some of these ideas will come in handy when it comes to decorating for Halloween.
The first thing that you can do for decorations is to create a Graveyard. What you will need are brown paper sacks and a black permanent marker. What you will do is write on the brown paper sacks names and RIP. Then put two sticks on either side of the sack and stick them into the ground. You could also do this with cardboard.
Another decoration that is quick and easy is a Jack-o-Lantern. What you will need to do is get paper plates and a sheet of paper. Scribble orange color on the paper. Cut out two circles for the eyes. Then cut out a funny looking face. Glue them onto the plate to make a Jack-o-Lantern.
If you have a white trash bag, grab this out. Take the trash bag and cut strips in it. Stuff the bottom of the trash bag with old newspaper or paper to make a head. Draw on two eyes and then let it hang. This has now become a ghost.
Now, if you are into something a bit more creative, get a balloon, white yarn and some fabric stiffener glue. What you will want to do is blow the balloon up. Dip the yarn into the glue and let it air dry for a minute or two. Drape the yarn over the balloon and let it dry. Continue to do this until you have the balloon almost completely covered. Once everything has dried, stick a needle into the balloon to pop it and then remove the balloon. Now you have a standing ghost for a decoration.
The first thing that you can do for decorations is to create a Graveyard. What you will need are brown paper sacks and a black permanent marker. What you will do is write on the brown paper sacks names and RIP. Then put two sticks on either side of the sack and stick them into the ground. You could also do this with cardboard.
Another decoration that is quick and easy is a Jack-o-Lantern. What you will need to do is get paper plates and a sheet of paper. Scribble orange color on the paper. Cut out two circles for the eyes. Then cut out a funny looking face. Glue them onto the plate to make a Jack-o-Lantern.
If you have a white trash bag, grab this out. Take the trash bag and cut strips in it. Stuff the bottom of the trash bag with old newspaper or paper to make a head. Draw on two eyes and then let it hang. This has now become a ghost.
Now, if you are into something a bit more creative, get a balloon, white yarn and some fabric stiffener glue. What you will want to do is blow the balloon up. Dip the yarn into the glue and let it air dry for a minute or two. Drape the yarn over the balloon and let it dry. Continue to do this until you have the balloon almost completely covered. Once everything has dried, stick a needle into the balloon to pop it and then remove the balloon. Now you have a standing ghost for a decoration.
Halloween Crafts
Halloween is a time to have fun and be creative. There are times when you want to be able to create the perfect Halloween costume or perfect Halloween decorations, but there are also the times when you want to have some fun creative Halloween crafts. There are a lot of different things that you can make for Halloween crafts. Crafts can be a number of things. Crafts can take a lot of detail or just be a simple thing that creates a unique item. Here are some of my favorite crafts for Halloween.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN FOAM GHOST OR PUMPKIN
The first thing that you can create is a ghost or pumpkin made out of foam. Buy the color of foam paper that you want and cut out your choice. Then take another color of foam paper and make a face or clothing. This allows you to get creative and still have fun while making a quick craft.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN WOODEN IDEAS
If you know how to work with wood, you can make a variety of things. You could make a ghost to hang up against the wall or you can make a fun Halloween sign. Wood allows you to make just about anything. Once you have chosen the type of item you want to make, draw the design on the wood and begin cutting. Once you have cut the wood, sand the edges to ensure that you will not get any splinters. Grab some wood paint and start painting the wood the colors of your choice. Let it dry and hang it up for decoration.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN CANDY BAG
Every child wants to have that special candy bag that nobody else has. This is a fun craft that will help create what your child wants. Take an old pillow case and give them puff paint. Let your child paint on ghosts or pumpkins or witches. Depending on their age, help them write Halloween or Trick-or-Treat onto the pillow case. Put stars or brooms or moons; allow them to decorate it any way they want. Be sure that you decorate both sides of the pillow case so no matter where you look, there is always something fun to see.
The main thing that you need to remember when making crafts for Halloween is to have fun. It is important to remember that the more fun you have, the better the crafts will turn out.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN FOAM GHOST OR PUMPKIN
The first thing that you can create is a ghost or pumpkin made out of foam. Buy the color of foam paper that you want and cut out your choice. Then take another color of foam paper and make a face or clothing. This allows you to get creative and still have fun while making a quick craft.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN WOODEN IDEAS
If you know how to work with wood, you can make a variety of things. You could make a ghost to hang up against the wall or you can make a fun Halloween sign. Wood allows you to make just about anything. Once you have chosen the type of item you want to make, draw the design on the wood and begin cutting. Once you have cut the wood, sand the edges to ensure that you will not get any splinters. Grab some wood paint and start painting the wood the colors of your choice. Let it dry and hang it up for decoration.
HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN CANDY BAG
Every child wants to have that special candy bag that nobody else has. This is a fun craft that will help create what your child wants. Take an old pillow case and give them puff paint. Let your child paint on ghosts or pumpkins or witches. Depending on their age, help them write Halloween or Trick-or-Treat onto the pillow case. Put stars or brooms or moons; allow them to decorate it any way they want. Be sure that you decorate both sides of the pillow case so no matter where you look, there is always something fun to see.
The main thing that you need to remember when making crafts for Halloween is to have fun. It is important to remember that the more fun you have, the better the crafts will turn out.
Monday, January 26, 2009
About Christmas
Christmas parties are coming into full swing. It is important to always remember to have great decorations for your party.
Tinsel is a wonderful thing to use for Christmas party decorations. It can be used for table decorations where you simply place the tinsel in the middle of the table. After the tinsel is on the table, place a candle or a figurine on top of the tinsel to complete the look.
If you are not a tinsel fan, then take some garland and put it down through the middle of the table. Garland is usually a lot larger than tinsel, so I do not recommend putting anything else in the middle of the table.
Twinkle lights are a must for a Christmas party. Twinkle lights bring the festivity level up for everyone. You can place twinkle lights on certain tables, such as the head table or the serving tables. After you have this, you can line the entrance with twinkle lights.
Everyone knows that a Christmas party isn’t a Christmas party without a Christmas tree. Get a small tree and place it towards the corner of the room. Decorate it with ornaments and then take some empty boxes that are wrapped and place them underneath the tree. If this is a more intimate party, place real gifts under the tree.
Christmas party decorations are always available. If you have windows that you want to decorate, look at all the window decorations. Place them all over the windows to add a special something to the look of the area. There are stockings and pictures that are always available. Pick up some of these little trinkets and items to add to a unique aspect for you party.
Icicle lights can be found just about anywhere you look for Christmas party decorations. The thing about icicle lights is that you can place them above a door or above a dance floor to cause a fun affect for your guests. The icicle lights fall down causing you to think there are icicles or stars falling down all around you.
Another great idea that you must have for Christmas parties is candy. Candy in beautiful Christmas bowls or stockings will always be a great hit. Everyone knows that during Christmas time, there is going to be a lot of goodies to eat. Don’t let your guest down by not having candy available.
The number one item that you must have for any Christmas part is mistletoe. You should place mistletoe above any and all doors that are available to enter or leave during your party. This is a color addition to what you have and it gives people a fun tradition to follow.
Tinsel is a wonderful thing to use for Christmas party decorations. It can be used for table decorations where you simply place the tinsel in the middle of the table. After the tinsel is on the table, place a candle or a figurine on top of the tinsel to complete the look.
If you are not a tinsel fan, then take some garland and put it down through the middle of the table. Garland is usually a lot larger than tinsel, so I do not recommend putting anything else in the middle of the table.
Twinkle lights are a must for a Christmas party. Twinkle lights bring the festivity level up for everyone. You can place twinkle lights on certain tables, such as the head table or the serving tables. After you have this, you can line the entrance with twinkle lights.
Everyone knows that a Christmas party isn’t a Christmas party without a Christmas tree. Get a small tree and place it towards the corner of the room. Decorate it with ornaments and then take some empty boxes that are wrapped and place them underneath the tree. If this is a more intimate party, place real gifts under the tree.
Christmas party decorations are always available. If you have windows that you want to decorate, look at all the window decorations. Place them all over the windows to add a special something to the look of the area. There are stockings and pictures that are always available. Pick up some of these little trinkets and items to add to a unique aspect for you party.
Icicle lights can be found just about anywhere you look for Christmas party decorations. The thing about icicle lights is that you can place them above a door or above a dance floor to cause a fun affect for your guests. The icicle lights fall down causing you to think there are icicles or stars falling down all around you.
Another great idea that you must have for Christmas parties is candy. Candy in beautiful Christmas bowls or stockings will always be a great hit. Everyone knows that during Christmas time, there is going to be a lot of goodies to eat. Don’t let your guest down by not having candy available.
The number one item that you must have for any Christmas part is mistletoe. You should place mistletoe above any and all doors that are available to enter or leave during your party. This is a color addition to what you have and it gives people a fun tradition to follow.
The Sugar Busters Diet
Everyone wants to loose that extra pound these days. It is important to look around and find the appropriate style of dieting for you. Remember that dieting usually does not do enough by itself. It is important to add exercise to your daily routine to ensure that you loose weight.
The internet is full of many types of fad diets and diets. It is up to you to choose the appropriate style of dieting to loose the amount of weight you want. One of the diets that you can find is called the Sugar Busters Diet; a diet created by Leighton Steward and a cardiologist. This diet believes that the answer for overweight people is that sugar, not fat, is what causes us to add pounds.
The idea of this diet is that you will cut out all sugars from what you eat. It is not simply the candy bars and cakes that you cut out, but all types of sugars including potatoes, bear, pasta and others. They tell you to stay away from processed food as well.
While you avoid starches and sugars, you will learn to eat differently. You will want to eat lean beef and chicken. You will learn to eat lettuce and squash. Another item that you will eat is low-fat dairy products. A lot of the different fruits and veggies are allowed as well.
Sugar Busters Diet has you say good-bye to white bread, corn, pizza, snack foods, and sugar, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get a treat now and then. The main thing that you have to look for in a treat is sugar-free. There are many sugar-free treats that are being sold everyday. You can also turn to NutraSweet items as well.
Rules are always something that people have a hard time following. This diet has a few rules, but they can easily be followed. One of the rules they have is that you drink fruit juice before your mean. This seems pretty simple to me. You can not skip a mean because it will actually affect the blood sugar level, so that is a very strict rule. They do ask that you eat snacks but the snacks have to follow a specific guideline.
Portion control is the main idea that Sugar Busters preaches. It is important that you have a balanced portion on your plate so you don’t feel like you need to go back for seconds. A lot of people tend to eat way too much sugar every day as it is, so another plus with portion control in the Sugar Busters Diet is that you are pretty much guaranteed to loose weight.
While a lot of dieters are focused on the amount of weight they loose, it is always important to remember that loosing small amounts of weight makes it easier for you to maintain weight. This diet is not for the type of person that thinks they can loose 40 pounds in 10 days. This is a life changing diet that will allow you to slowly and efficiently loose weight. Sugar Busters gives you the guidelines to long-term weight loss and becoming a healthier individual. If you start this diet, be sure that you are going to be in it for the long haul so that you can see the results begin to happen on a slow and steady pace, so choose wisely.
The internet is full of many types of fad diets and diets. It is up to you to choose the appropriate style of dieting to loose the amount of weight you want. One of the diets that you can find is called the Sugar Busters Diet; a diet created by Leighton Steward and a cardiologist. This diet believes that the answer for overweight people is that sugar, not fat, is what causes us to add pounds.
The idea of this diet is that you will cut out all sugars from what you eat. It is not simply the candy bars and cakes that you cut out, but all types of sugars including potatoes, bear, pasta and others. They tell you to stay away from processed food as well.
While you avoid starches and sugars, you will learn to eat differently. You will want to eat lean beef and chicken. You will learn to eat lettuce and squash. Another item that you will eat is low-fat dairy products. A lot of the different fruits and veggies are allowed as well.
Sugar Busters Diet has you say good-bye to white bread, corn, pizza, snack foods, and sugar, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get a treat now and then. The main thing that you have to look for in a treat is sugar-free. There are many sugar-free treats that are being sold everyday. You can also turn to NutraSweet items as well.
Rules are always something that people have a hard time following. This diet has a few rules, but they can easily be followed. One of the rules they have is that you drink fruit juice before your mean. This seems pretty simple to me. You can not skip a mean because it will actually affect the blood sugar level, so that is a very strict rule. They do ask that you eat snacks but the snacks have to follow a specific guideline.
Portion control is the main idea that Sugar Busters preaches. It is important that you have a balanced portion on your plate so you don’t feel like you need to go back for seconds. A lot of people tend to eat way too much sugar every day as it is, so another plus with portion control in the Sugar Busters Diet is that you are pretty much guaranteed to loose weight.
While a lot of dieters are focused on the amount of weight they loose, it is always important to remember that loosing small amounts of weight makes it easier for you to maintain weight. This diet is not for the type of person that thinks they can loose 40 pounds in 10 days. This is a life changing diet that will allow you to slowly and efficiently loose weight. Sugar Busters gives you the guidelines to long-term weight loss and becoming a healthier individual. If you start this diet, be sure that you are going to be in it for the long haul so that you can see the results begin to happen on a slow and steady pace, so choose wisely.
FICO Score
The credit score is a way to decide the creditworthiness of a person. The credit score sis a number based on the statistics of a person’s credit file. It is based on the credit report information. The credit score is used for banks and credit card companies to help them decide if you are a solid investment or not.
The FICO is the most widely known type of credit score. The FICO score was developed by Fair Isaac Corporation. Many different mortgage leaders use this FICO score to decide the chances of a barrowers default. The FICO score is the most common credit score used by lenders.
The FICO score is determined by five different things. These items help evaluate the chances of a barrowers chance of default. The first thing that is used is your payment history. If you have a long history that shows that you have made payments on time, then your FICO score will be high. The main idea is that with a good payment relationship to those places you owe money will gain you point in the FICO score.
The second thing to determine your FICO score is your level of indebtedness. If you are about to max out all your credit cards, your FICO score is lowered because you could risk a late payment. The third determining factor is the length of your credit history. If you have accounts that have been opened for a very long time, your credit score will go up. This shows how good you are with keeping track of accounts.
Along with old accounts comes new credit. FICO scores take into account how often you apply for credit. If you open a lot of new credit accounts, you will lower your credit score. It is important to remember that the more inquiries you make, the greater risk you take for lowering your FICO score. The last item the FICO looks at is the type of credit that you are using. All the credits you have are considered.
The FICO score will not consider a lot of things when it comes to calculating a score for you. They do not look at your race, religion, national origin, sex, color, sexual orientation or age. They also do not care if you are married or single. It is bias free and is scored only by what your credit shows. The FICO scores will allow you to get loans, credit cards, or a mortgage. It is important that you take care of it and always try to raise the score.
The FICO is the most widely known type of credit score. The FICO score was developed by Fair Isaac Corporation. Many different mortgage leaders use this FICO score to decide the chances of a barrowers default. The FICO score is the most common credit score used by lenders.
The FICO score is determined by five different things. These items help evaluate the chances of a barrowers chance of default. The first thing that is used is your payment history. If you have a long history that shows that you have made payments on time, then your FICO score will be high. The main idea is that with a good payment relationship to those places you owe money will gain you point in the FICO score.
The second thing to determine your FICO score is your level of indebtedness. If you are about to max out all your credit cards, your FICO score is lowered because you could risk a late payment. The third determining factor is the length of your credit history. If you have accounts that have been opened for a very long time, your credit score will go up. This shows how good you are with keeping track of accounts.
Along with old accounts comes new credit. FICO scores take into account how often you apply for credit. If you open a lot of new credit accounts, you will lower your credit score. It is important to remember that the more inquiries you make, the greater risk you take for lowering your FICO score. The last item the FICO looks at is the type of credit that you are using. All the credits you have are considered.
The FICO score will not consider a lot of things when it comes to calculating a score for you. They do not look at your race, religion, national origin, sex, color, sexual orientation or age. They also do not care if you are married or single. It is bias free and is scored only by what your credit shows. The FICO scores will allow you to get loans, credit cards, or a mortgage. It is important that you take care of it and always try to raise the score.
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