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Its been all about SNOW and SOCHI!

I love the OLYMPICS!  I always have.  Growing up we would gather around the TV every night as a family and cheer on the USA.  It was so much easier when it was on one channel and there was no social media for distractions and opinions.  Those were the good old days.  Dont get me wrong, I love that it is on multiple cable channels and I can tweet and Facebook all about the Sochi games but there was just something magical about a simpler time when everyone watched the Olympic games because there wasnt much else on the other channels before cable.


I live in the Chicago area which can be described with one word as of late... SNOW!  We have been getting snowstorm after snowstorm and keeping up with the shoveling has been quite the task.  We are currently at the 5th snowiest winters here and it is nowhere close to being over.  There is seriously nowhere to put it anymore.  I have this mountain of snow at my front door that I think will melt by May if Im lucky!


But like they say, when life give you lemons, make lemonade.  So I took advantage of our latest 6" of snow and marched out a big USA as a shout out to our athletes and troops overseas.

The rings on the house were made by my Dad for the Olympics back in 1984 and they have been displayed during every Olympiad since - summer and winter - spotlighted at night.  I love them.




The Olympic swag is getting more and more expensive since Ralph Lauren has become the official outfitter of Team USA.  I did get a pair of the GO USA mittens as shown above.  But as I was turning them inside out to dry after a shoveling episode, I saw the tag shows they were MADE IN CHINA!  Wha?????  Seriously?  If you recall during the past Olympic that Ralph Lauren designed for, his brand was lambasted because the uniforms for the American athletes were not made in the USA.  And yet, the Team USA mittens from the USOC were Made in China.  I dont get it.  But they are cute so I have been wearing them since I received them as a gift in December.


With regards to the quite unpopular Ralph Lauren Opening Ceremony Cardigan sweater, I LOVE IT.  I think the story of how it was made and all of the thought and hand crafting that went into it, I think it was spectacular.  And if you doubted it, how can you argue with the way that TEAM USA looked walking into the Opening Ceremonies awash in a sea of stars and stripes.  Bravo Mr. Lauren!


I am also quite the fan of the flag crew sweater by Ralph Lauren.  This would look great under a vest with the Olympic patch on the sleeve.  I only wish they werent so pricey.  I will hunt these down on Ebay for years to come.

This sweater by Ralph Lauren for the closing ceremonies is my favorite.  The Olympic rings on the back are perfect and the front with the traditional reindeer and snowflake motif is quintessential Ralph.


The price of the TEAM USA cardigan was $598 and I was shocked to find out it had sold out completely online.  But then hearing there were only 324 available, I understood.  SO many people hated them and claimed they looked like a 3rd grade teachers sweater, an ugly Christmas sweater, or a cardigan your grandmother would wear.  But I dont agree.  I think they are quite awesome and hope to own one someday.  Although, to see them going for almost $3,000 on Ebay .... well, that is a tad ridiculous.

So, I am looking forward to Spring - especially spray painting weather.  I have a few projects in the works - trying to give my ugly fridge a cheap makeover so hopefully I will be posting that in the next week.  The weather hasnt been my friend trying to bring molding in from the garage in 10 inches of snow.  Once the weather finally breaks, hopefully my lazy streak will as well.  Althought, the temperature is supposed to be back down to 3 next week.  I hope the Easter Bunny has a snowmobile!


Its been all about SNOW and SOCHI!

The Truth About Wealth Fortune

The Truth About Wealth Fortune

Homeworking predictions from 2010 about 2015

An interesting post at Pocket-lint by Chris Hall who in 2010 peered into his crystal homeworking ball to wonder what it would be like in our shedlike atmospheres five years down the line. Heres how it starts:

I love my commute: I walk 3 metres from my back door into my garden office. Ive been a home worker for nearly 10 years now, as many more people are. Continued investment and enhancement of the broadband infrastructure has changed a great many things, making working from home more of a reality. It is no longer seen as "bunking", because it can be as interactive as any office ever was. Government pressure to reduce emissions from big business has seen tighter, more efficient, working practises and a huge reduction in commuter culture, fuelled by corporate tax breaks, of course.

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Homeworking predictions from 2010 about 2015

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Welcome to my organic gardening blog. My name is Bronzilla Sheppard. I am a mom of two and married to a wonderful husband. My family and I love to eat organic food. In my opinion it is the best way to stay healthy and to save money.

My blog is for beginners who wants to start their own organic gardening. You will find a lot of information that you need to be successful with your new organic garden. My blog is for beginners who wants to start their own organic gardening.

You will see articles or posts as most would say, videos, pictures, ebooks, textbooks and anything else that I will find that I will think will be helpful and beneficial for you.

I love to eat organic food as well as my family do. I remember the fifteen years of going to my great-grandmothers farm and helping here to grow fruits and vegetables. She had a farm of a hundred acres and she grew everything. This also included cows, chickens, hogs and horses.

Every summer I would go to Virgina to help her with her farm. She lived to be eighty-eight years old and I think it was because she grew and ate fresh fruits and vegetables. And of course fresh air had a lot to do with it too!

We didnt have digital cameras back then, so I dont have any of my own pictures to show of the farm. I really wished that I did so I could share them with you. Anyway I hope you find my blog to be of useful content and I hope you learn a lot.

Hope you find joy in growing your own organic garden.



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‘Ripples’ – ‘Think about Water’… Art Exhibition Brings Awareness

Presented by: The Simcoe Watershed Art Project : Artists Afloat, an ad hoc art group initiated by Jennie Clark, Mary Cellucci, Carol Deimling, Jeanette Luchese and Karen Wild, promoting environmental awareness through visual art. Continuing with the theme of the inaugural exhibition ‘The Ripple Effect’: reflecting on the very nature of affecting change: how one small stone tossed into a body of water causes a ripple effect with an almost never ending forward motion. http://simcoewatershedartproject.blogspot.com


‘Ripples’ – ‘Think about Water’… Art Exhibition Brings Awareness