Posted by terrepruitt on October 15, 2021
I thought I had posted a lot more shots of the sky from this window as a Friday Photo, but maybe I used it as a random post. When I looked, I only saw one. That just doesn’t seem right. Maybe I posted the pictures on Facebook or Twitter and not on my blog. Well, yay! Then I don’t feel like I am repeating too much by posted another pretty pink sky from my office window. I am always amazed at how pretty it is.
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Posted by terrepruitt on January 18, 2021
So, if you are on Facebook you may have experienced the situation where you look at something on the internet, or you talk to someone about something, or you click on something and the next thing you know all the ads on your Facebook feed are that thing. Have you had that happen? Two of the last four things I had that experience with surprised me with how many different ones were out there. Recently my feed has been full of fake eyelashes – as you may know, nail polish, tiaras, and stationary bikes. The two things I didn’t realize there were so many of were the fake eyelashes, the magnetic kind and the stationary bikes. Well, these are not the ordinary stationary bikes, the kind that are just bikes that don’t go, these are the kind that have a monitor attached to them and where there is some sort of monthly subscription to classes that you get roped into. I used to see the commercials for Peloton on TV all the time, but we are – thankfully – primarily watching shows without commercials. But it is me looking at the Peloton that got me into this bikes-on my-Facebook feed situation.
I really thought that Peloton was the ONLY bike that had live classes you could “attend” and that was why and HOW it was so expensive. I thought they had the market cornered, but NO! Wow, there are a lot of bikes out there that have subscription based classes. I had NO idea. Do you know the type of bikes I am talking about?
The Peloton is a stationary bike — it goes NO WHERE — that has a monitor on it and you can ride it as you take live classes. I am not going to get into all that each of these bikes has to offer, I am just throwing out some info and the fact that there are these bikes. As I said – I HAD NO IDEA. Peloton has different bikes and different levels of subscription, but one of their bikes is linked up to where your bike responds to what the trainer in class is setting the levels at.
There is the NordicTrack which has a lot of scenic rides and the bike actually goes up and down. So if you are riding up a hill it gets more difficult (from what I understand) AND the bike inclines! So you can feel like you are actually riding outside.
There is a bike called the CAROL bike it looks like it has its own subscription or you can use Peloton digital. CAROL website says: “AFTER THREE “CALIBRATION RIDES”, CAROL GETS TO KNOW YOU AND EXACTLY HOW HARD TO PUSH YOU.
CAROL’s algorithms calculate and instantly apply the exact resistance you need to reach “supramaximal” power. In each ride, multiple metrics are measured. CAROL re-calculates the resistance in your next ride to reflect your progress and ability.” WHOA!
There’s the Pro-form, Echelon, MYXFitness, Stryde, and Bowflex . . . . these are just the ones I am seeing on my Facebook feed. I did a quick internet search and so many more came up. I had no idea!
I guess I am just amazed that there are so many. I didn’t realize there were so many people that like to ride stationary bikes. It seems that many of the memberships include classes other than just spin (old-school name) classes, some have yoga, stretch, stretch, and more. Some of them, like Paloton, NordicTrack, Pro-Form, Echelon, and Bowflex have equipment other than bicycles that also tie into their class memberships. So with some of the platforms you don’t even have to buy any of their equipment, you can just become a member and do their workouts.
I also guess that with gyms being closed in many places these types of things have become more popular.
So QUESTIONS . . . I want answers, please.
Have you heard of Peloton? Have you heard of NordicTrack? Have you heard of any of the others ones I mentioned? What ones have you heard of that I have not mentioned? Do you have a stationary bike? Do you have a treadmill? Do you every get inundated with ads on Facebook from something you looked up on the internet or just talked about?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Bowflex, CAROL Bike, Echelon, Facebook, magnetic eyelashes, monthly membership to live classes, MYXFitness, NordicTrack, Peloton, Pro-form, stationary bike, Stryde, treadmill | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on November 27, 2020
I’ve posted this everywhere else (FB and Twitter) already, but I really love this picture so I wanted to have it here. The pumpkin was delicious. Stuffed pumpkin always is. Here is a picture of our dinner from a few nights ago for today’s Friday Photo!
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 15, 2020
I saw this really easy idea for breakfast (well they called it a snack) in a Cookist video on Facebook. As usual. it looked so easy, I didn’t even look at it a second time when I went to do it. Hmmmmm . . . can you see where this is going already? Yeah, I should have watched it before I did it because it had some key things in there that I am going to say make a big difference. But, if I ever try this again, I know to cook it longer. When I made this for my hubby I needed to put in a pan and cook it more because apparently he does not like his eggs yokes that runny. I don’t eat any type of egg except scrambled so I don’t usually cook his eggs. Anyway, if you try this follow the way they do it in the video.
The only way to see the video is through FB.
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Panini Pressed Eggs and Cheese Tortilla Wrap
two flour tortillas – burrito sized
1 Cup of shredded cheese
two eggs
salt pepper
2 slices of lunch meat
optional things:
salsa, avocado, sour cream, hot sauce, more cheese, onions
Place the tortillas on the cold grill so they cover the whole grill with one side of one tortilla over lapping the other, put the cheese across the tortillas. Crack each egg into its own separate pinch bowl. Then carefully slide each egg on top of the cheese. Sprinkle egg with salt and pepper. Places the lunch meat on top of the eggs, sprinkle more cheese. Fold the edges of the tortillas to form a wrap. Close the press. Then turn it on to cook. My press has a medium setting so I used that. Cook the wrap until the tortilla is golden brown, making sure to cook it as long as you would like your egg to cook.
You can serve it with any optional topping you would like.
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The first mistake I made was I was using smaller tortillas. The second mistake I made was I cracked the eggs directly onto the tortillas/cheese. Sliding them from their own bowl allows you to place them more precisely so they don’t start to run off the tortilla. Another mistake (I have to stop counting because I made so many) was I turned the grill on while I was doing the assembling so the tortillas were cooking the whole time and I was concerned about browning it too much and did not let it cook enough. Also, with the grill on it made the tortilla too hot to handle and fold correctly. But if you do not do ANY of the THINGS I just mentioned as mistakes, you can do it. I thought this was really cool. And my husband enjoyed it once I cooked the eggs a tad bit more.
What do you think?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: Cookist video, Facebook, grilled tortilla wrap, panini press, Panini Pressed Eggs and Cheese Tortilla Wrap | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on March 23, 2020
For those of you my age or older you may remember a time when it was unusual to know someone with cancer. Now the reasons for that can be many things including but not limited to the fact that there is different testing in place. Also it could be that there was less contact with a large number of people and in so many different places. I mean, we might have known all the people in our neighborhood, but we didn’t have thousands of “friends” throughout the world that we “know” on Twitter. Either way/whatever the case there was a time when you MAY have known ONE person with cancer. Now, it is common place. Every one of us knows AT LEAST one person with some form of cancer or someone that “had” cancer. Well, I believe that today is the day, today is the last day that I will be able to say that I don’t know anyone personally that has had or has COVID-19. I feel that we are reaching the point very soon where everyone is going to know someone that has had it or has it.
I am not even going to state any numbers here because I know that by the time I finish typing this and posting it the numbers will have changed. I can just say that, even though none of the various sites I look at that post numbers actually have the same numbers, the numbers are growing. The reported number of cases, deaths, and recovered are all growing. The number of cases is growing FAST. And at this point, the United States is moving towards the top of the list.
Now, that “knowing” that I am talking about could be a person I actually know and have met face-to-face OR it could be friend from Facebook or Twitter that I have not met face-to-face. But with the way things are going there is going to be a “knowing” very soon.
I just wanted to go on record and remember this day. Today, Monday, March 23, 2020 I did not know anyone with COVID-19. I am loving that feeling. I am sad and sorry for anyone and everyone that cannot say the same thing as me, today, right now. And I am sorry because I feel like soon none of us will be able to make that claim.
It is a sad historical thing and I will be the first to celebrate if I turn out wrong.
I waffled about posting this because originally I thought I would keep my blog virus free, but I don’t believe that such a thing is possible. I mean, I already posted routines because of the situation.
I do hope that all of us that are participating fully in flattening the curve can continue to stick to our guns and not let the people who are being careless get to us. Sometimes it is difficult to stay in quarantine when so many others are not (“Well, if she’s going out, I want to too!”) but it will be awesome to know that we did not contribute to the spread of the virus at all.
Do stay safe and healthy. Do comment and “talk” with me because, ya know, isolation is lonely. Tell me how you are doing.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: cancer, COVID-19, face-to-face friends, Facebook, March 23 2020, reported number of cases, Twitter, virtual friends, virus | 20 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 27, 2019
I posted this on Facebook already, but everyone thought it was gorgeous so I wanted to share it here as my Friday Photo. I didn’t ask permission so hopefully they won’t mind. My aunt and uncle always have a BEAUTIFUL tree. It takes days to decorate and the ornaments are just fabulous. This year it was just as spectacular as the years before.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Here’s to the New Year that is around the corner.
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Posted by terrepruitt on August 13, 2018
I just received an e-mail from Facebook. My husband had mentioned the subject to me via Facebook messenger while he was not home so we couldn’t talk about it right then, and then, of course, I forgot about it. Then I received the e-mail. Your husband “has chosen you as his Facebook legacy contact”. Of course I don’t really know what that means because he just had typed “Facebook now lets people choose a legacy contact to manage their account if they die” (aside from the idea that we could talk about it). No information as to what that means. So, I thought I had better check it out because the e-mail made me wonder.
The e-mail says:
Hi Terre,
Your husband has chosen you as his legacy contact. This means that you’re currently selected to care for his profile after he passes away and his account is memorialized. This is something that you might want to talk about in person with your husband.A legacy contact can respond to new friend requests, update their profile picture and pin a post on the person’s timeline. A pinned post is often used to announce things to the community, like details for a service.
There are a few things about being a legacy contact that you should know:
• Legacy contacts aren’t able to log into memorialized accounts, post as
that person or see their messages.• Legacy contacts can’t change the privacy settings that were in place
before the account was memorialized.• The account must be memorialized in order for you to take any actions
as legacy contact.The best way to protect the account of a loved one who’s passed away is to request memorialization for the account as soon as possible. This will keep the account secure.
Learn how to set your own legacy contact.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
Interesting, huh? Makes sense. I, unfortunately, am friends with a lot of people on Facebook that have died. It is not unfortunate that we were friends, it is unfortunate that they have died. Not sure what the “rule” is regarding those that have died prior to this “Legacy Contact” being put into place, but at this point “A legacy contact is someone you choose to look after your account if it’s memorialized.”
The information on Facebook regarding legacy contacts, clarifies that the legacy contact can pin a post, but that is only if the person allowed for post on their timeline. It also states that you – when setting your legacy contact – have the option of allowing them to download a copy of what you have shared. It also states that they can update your profile and cover picture. They can also request that your account be removed altogether.
In addition to the information in the e-mail, the information online says a legacy contact can’t remove or add new friends or add an additional legacy contact.
Facebook also states that they may add to the capabilities to a legacy contact in the future.
A legacy contact only gets access after an account has been memorialized. The information on Facebook about that says, “If you don’t choose to have your account permanently deleted, it will be memorialized if we become aware of your passing.”
Now, I don’t know how my husband found out about this because I didn’t know about it. I have never heard of it. So . . . as usually, I am sharing things with you that I learn about.
Did you know about this? Are you going to appoint a legacy contact?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: death, Facebook, Facebook Help, Facebook information, Facebook page memorialized, Facebook timeline, legacy contact | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 28, 2018
Are you on Facebook? Do you actually post stuff or just look at other people’s stuff? Well, if you post stuff you may know this, already. Although you can still see the effects if you click on the particular words, you might not have tried that, they just happen if you type. There are some “words” that cause fun stuff to happen on Facebook when you type them or click on them. I know it is an absolutely ridiculous thing but I love it. It makes me happy. In fact recently when I was typing an e-mail (yes, I am still on Facebook and I still type e-mails) I was disappointed because my e-mail was not doing the same thing that Facebook does.
I only know of four “words” (and I say “words” because only two are actually words) that result in fun animations that float up your screen. I bet there are more.
If you type “Congratulations” or “Congrats” and post it you will get a fun animation. You can also click on the word where someone else has posted it and the same animation will float across your screen. It is like a party. Balloons and confetti!
If you post “XO” or “XOXO” (not sure how many you can type, I’ve seen up to three – xoxoxo) a fun animation will float across the screen. This one is hearts. The same applies for all of them, you can type it or click on it if someone else has posted it and you will see the individual animation that goes with each word.
There is also “Rad” I am not sure if “Radical” works just like congratulations and congrats work. But with Rad there are flying blue thumbs.
And “BFF”, again, here I am not sure if you actually typed out “Best Friends Forever” if that would make the animation work. But BFF has hearts dancing on the screen.
The text of the animation words is colored. That way you can know which words will result in the fun stuff. Congrats and XO look somewhat red, Rad looks pink, and BFF looks green.
If this type of thing makes you happy you too might be disappointed when typing these words in other places. There is no animation in e-mail – at least in my e-mail.
I am not sure, but I also think that when I look at my notifications I see hearts float up the screen when someone has liked (?) loved (?) one of my posts? Again, not sure, but I do think I have seen hearts. Sometimes it happens so fast I am not sure to which notification it is happening.
I also use Facebook several places so it could be that each place and version operates differently. I mean, I think FB updates the same, but some of my devices are so old they might not support the new stuff. So my animations could be all over the board.
I bet there are more words that have animations. Are there? Do you know of any other words (“words”) that when posted cause animations to happen?
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Posted by terrepruitt on August 11, 2017
I teach at several different places. I teach yoga at two different community centers and I teach Nia at one community center and two different YMCAs. This is what I consider the “backyard” of one of the YMCAs. It is so pretty with the different color trees. One day while I was waiting to teach class I noticed how gorgeous it was outside and I snapped a few pictures. When I am looking through my pictures I always see this and want to post it. I think I posted it . . . or one like it . . . on Facebook when I first took it. But I thought I would post it here as a Friday Photo.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Facebook, Friday Photo, Nia, Nia class, Nia Teacher, San Jose Community Centers, YMCA, Yoga class, yoga teacher | 12 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 30, 2017
I have this photo in a file and every time I go through the file I am attracted to this photo. It was such a beautiful day and the view was spectacular. I was driving up a little hillside road and I had to pull over at one of the buildings along the way and stop to take a picture. This is a shot overlooking Fremont (I think it would be Fremont). So, since I think this is a pretty view I thought I would share it for my Friday Photo today. That is what I started the Friday Photo series for: sharing shots I liked, but really hadn’t posted or wanted people to see. Some photos I have posted as a Friday Photo I might have already posted on Facebook or even Twitter, but most not. Most are just oddball shots. Here is one of those oddball ones.
This was taken on January 25, 2017.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Facebook, Fremont, hillside view, San Francisco Bay Area, South Bay, Twitter | 12 Comments »
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