Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Posted by terrepruitt on March 6, 2023
What are you reading? As you may know, I listen to books and lately I have had even more time to listen to books and I recently started borrowing audiobooks from the library. The library application does not have a “review” option like Audible does. I am not used to that yet so I find myself thinking of what I would write. I decided I would share a bit about some of the books I have listened to. I am going to use my blog like I use it for my recipes. A place to document what I have listened to.
For the most part, I am going to stick to my opinion more than giving a summary of the book. That can be found online.
When I am Gone, Look for Me in the East
The first book I borrowed from the library was something I had never heard of I was just excited to start listening and I read the summary really fast . . . too fast it turned out. I had thought it would be a fun book about two brothers looking for the reincarnation of a great lama. But it was not. It was not fun, it was difficult to follow as the tenses didn’t always adjust when a story from the past was being told, there was a bit too much detail about animal slaughter (for me) and also a bit too much about reincarnation. It seemed to say that lamas were chosen and therefore reincarnated, but then at the end I thought it said that the there was going to be a committee that would meet to decide if there was going to be any more lamas. I was wanting so badly to be done I didn’t bother to go back to relisten to that part. I wanted the drone of the narrator out of my head. There was some interesting bits as it described some aspects of Mongolian living, but I did not enjoy the writing style nor the narrator. I was so, so happy to be done.
When I first started blogging I was told a post should be at least 500 words for this that and the other, so sometimes I struggled to make them so. And sometimes I struggled to keep them short. When I started typing this post I wasn’t sure if I would do multiple opinions in one post or just one. I have decided to keep it short. I might do a post per book. It will depend.
What are you reading?
Posted in audiobooks | Tagged: almost DNF, animal slaughter, hallucinations, Look for me in the East, Mongolia, pregnancy, reincarnations, twins | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 27, 2023
Since Apple did away with the home button in 2016, I figured that I could do a quick update since “flashing” is still a thing and it is still needed. My post regarding “flashing” is from 2011. I should have written this seven years ago, but, sometimes, better late than never. Sometimes an iPhone needs to have its PRAM cleared.
Flashing the phone is not the same as putting it to sleep and waking it up nor is it the same as turning it off and on again. When you flash an iPhone it resets the Parameter Random Access Memory also known as PRAM and it can get things working properly again.
To flash your iPhone you have to be kinda fast. In quick succession press the up volume button, then the down volume button then hold the sleep button down until you see the Apple logo. Let me repeat – HOLD the sleep button down UNTIL YOU SEE THE APPLE LOGO. Don’t turn the phone off, just hold the button and then when you see the logo you can let go. You are just quickly pressing the volume buttons, but you are HOLDING the sleep button.
Also, another thing you can do that might help any kinks get unkinked, try closing all of your app every once in awhile. I feel like I have heard the claim that this does nothing, but I know my phone can be acting weird and then I see I have 20 things open and when I close them it seems to work better.
Anyway . . . . I just thought I would put this out there because I know that many people have done it and it works.
Are you familiar with “flashing” Apple devices?
Posted in Helpful Hints, Misc | Tagged: apple, Apple device, closing apps, home button, iphone, parameter random access memory, PRAM, sleep button | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 13, 2023
I have posted these feet facts before, but since I couldn’t easily find them because they are part of a larger post. I thought I would list them for quick reference:
—Feet are not just for standing and balancing, they help with shock absorption to keep the entire body from sensing the entire jolt as you move. A flexible foot is great with absorbing the impact.
—Each foot has a network of more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
—Each foot has 26 bones and 33 joints.
—With 52 bones (26 for each foot) it is about 1/4 of all the bones in the body (206).
—The largest bone in the foot is called the calcaneus (heel bone).
—There are over 7,000 nerved endings in each foot.
—The feet have 250,000 sweat glands so an active person can produce four to six ounces of perspiration a day.
As you may guess – from that previous post – I am a big believer in moving the feet. I believe they need to be strengthened and stretched. We do a lot of that in Nia, yoga, and of course stretch. I always remind my students of their “Homework”.
Have a great day!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: balancing, bones, calcaneus, Feet Facts, heel bone, ligaments, Muscles, Nia, Standing, stretch, tendons, walking, Yoga | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on January 4, 2023
I bought a project years ago that required corks. I had asked my family to save their wine corks for me. Well, it became a habit that never stopped and I never did the project. I have bags and bags of corks and I wanted to do something with them. My dream is a huge cork wreath, but as is my other habit I didn’t start thinking about doing something until late November and so I didn’t get to that particular cork craft, but I did make a few Christmas trees. Trees that can serve as decorations around the Holidays.
As with most of my crafts they are an experiment that morphs as I create. The execution is pretty much never like the idea or design. Especially with cork. I didn’t really think about what a wine cork is (a bunch of pieces pressed together that don’t allow for a straight path through!) and it is dang inconvenient to work with. Drilling or poking a whole STRAIGHT through a wine cork is kind of a joke, a little blob of cork will send the drill bit or poker in another direction. Corks also swell differently, so they end up not even. So, as you have seen and can see the trees end up a little “not perfect”.
I made a funky tree which I love. The idea was that it was not perfect just like a real tree. The person I made it for is very flexible and has always been really good (in my opinion) of embracing things and not having to have things be perfect or a specific way. She is good at going with the flow.
I made a monogram tree for some of my family. And I made several of the little trees. Every time I showed one of the little ones to my husband he asked, “Is that ours?” So I got the impression he thought we needed one. So I made one for us. I think I am going to add some pins to it, but we will see.
I sent little ornaments along in case the recipients (of the funky tree and monogrammed tree) wanted to add more decorations. The monogrammed one is actually somewhat plain to let the “B” show through.
I did realize as I was typing this that a cork wreath does not have to be for Christmas. I hope to work on it through out the year!
Yay or nay to the cork trees? Which tree do you like the best?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: 2022 Christmas craft, cement, Christmas decorations, Christmas Tree Ornament, Christmas trees, cork trees, funky trees, glitter, glue | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 29, 2022
Yes, I AM obsessed with my Christmas tree and my decorations that is why I am posting pictures all month. I love the lights and the sparkle, plus in all fairness, it is for such a short time. Today I was just sitting looking at my ornament tree. Such a random assortment of sparkle. Love it. So, here is another shot.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas Ornaments, Christmas Tree, lights, ornament tree, sparkly ornaments | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 28, 2022
I used to spend a lot of time at the Christmas tree lot looking for a perfectly symmetrical tree. But then I realized that where we put our tree actually allows for a tree that is flat on one side, so now the tree we end up getting is usually not even. This is another cork tree I made, but this one . . . as you can see is a symmetrical. Cork, you may not know, is not easy to work with. All corks are not the same size and some of them have bulges and don’t get me started on trying to poke a hole through one. This three is a monogram tree. I left it somewhat plain so that the letter could show through. Having fun with corks.
If you had a lot of corks is there something you could think to make with them? Care to share?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Bogle, cement base, Christmas gift, cork Christmas tree, Cork tree, wine cork craft | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 27, 2022
YEARS ago I bought a project to do that required wine corks and I asked everyone to save the corks for me. Well, saving them has become a habit and I have saved and received a lot of wine corks. I wanted to do something with them and so I created a couple of things this year with the wine corks. Here is one wine cork Christmas tree. I wanted it to be asymmetrical, I wanted it to be able to lay flat for easier storage. I also wanted the tree to be removable from the base. The idea is to turn each row of branches to help it look more like a tree. I mean, really, trees are not symmetrical so why do I think the ones I make have to be? I tried to let this one just BE. I like it, but I realize that I often inflict my “crafty” ideas on my friends. I know I am fortunate they love me.
I even like the way it looks from the top.
Oh, and by the way . . . I have not yet done the original project that I started saving wine corks for. I really should get to that!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: cement base, crafts, flexibility, wine cork Christmas tree, wine corks | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 26, 2022
I really love how the Christmas tree looks at night with the lights on. I could post daily pictures of the tree. It would look the same but that is how often I take pictures of the tree. Silly, I know. You may have noticed the a portion of a cork tree in the lower left corner. I’ll show you it next. Now that the gift has been given, I can post them.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas 2022, Christmas Tree, Christmas tree lights, cork Christmas tree, December 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 21, 2022
This is a little seal. He is cute. He looks like he is flying or we could pretend he is floating in the surf. I like him. I think he is super cute! What do you think?
Do you have any animal ornaments on your tree?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: animal ornaments, Christmas tree ornaments, Metal Ornament Tree, seal ornament | Leave a Comment »
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