Another sad day/week. With the passing of Ted Kennedy and of DJ AM plus the break up one one of my favorite bands ever - Oasis whom I have seen like 15 times I just wonder what else can happen in 2009? It seems like this year has bee filled with sadness.. It was beautiful weather today in PDX so I wore the Vince shorts from spring 2007 (I found them at consignment for next to nothing marked down 50%) and my lotus print zenith top with the orange flats from spring 2005. The shorts are a 6, and actually fit OK. I would be happier however if they were sitting on my hips. 5-8 pounds from now they will be perfect.
Max and I went to playgroup today, watered the community garden and went to lunch with Tracy and Adelaide at Cha Cha Cha.
I also managed to finish reading the September Lucky (the only thing I got from it was a tip to inhale lavender oil to help my sinus infection) and the September Vogue which had another one of those "fairy tale" editorials starring Natalia V (who I am rather sick of) as Little Red Riding Hood. I would have rather seen Daria or Lily Cole, anyone but Natalia V.
With 6 week days and counting for Max to go to daycare full time I have gone into overdrive trying to find a job. Ideally I will find something within 6 weeks of September 8 so I can splurge a bit on fall clothes, throw Max + Jon fabulous birthday parties in December and buy Jon's family excellent holiday gifts. I am going to try to remain positive. It does seem like things may be picking up so fingers crossed!
Friday, August 28, 2009
What Is The Motivating Maxim Or Motto Of Your Life?
What is the motivating maxim or motto of your life, one that is the very bedrock of your whole philosophy in life? Please explain your answer.
Tags: Maxim, Motto, Life, Philosophy, Reason For Living, Wonderful Life, Purpose of Life, Dream, Believe, Happiness, Quest, Joy, Fulfillment, Relevance, Social Outreach, Love
Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla
Philippines
Viewpoint/Opinion
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Back to Mildred
Time to get back to my "friend" Mildred again.
"Mildred" as you remember is the name of the china dishes I inheirted from my Father's Mother. I have a fairly large collection of it so I consider myself very blessed.
Mildred was manifactured by a company called "Mount Clemmons Pottery."
Which seemed odd to me because it was china not pottery.....but so be it. Possibly it isn't china?
I found this bit of information regarding the company that made not only Mildred but many more patterns of china and other such things off of a website:
"Mount Clemens Pottery, Mount Clemens, Michigan 1915-1987 - By 1964, the company was turning out 240,000 pieces of dinnerware per day. This company was bought by SS Kresge in 1920 and made semi-porcelain dinnerware and a solid color ware which came in solid dark green, blue and pink. The ´Mildred´ dinnerware pattern so sought today was designed at Mt Clemens.
In 1965, the Kresge company sold the Mount Clemens Pottery. The new owners (Chase and Chase) operated it under the name Jamestown China Company. Ownership passed to Action Industries of Cheswick, Pennsylvania in 1983."
I am pretty sure that my Grandma Ayres' bought hers at the Kresge's store, since we had one in my home town of Hannibal Mo. which is where my Grandparents lived most all of their lives until their deaths.
As a child I remember going in there to shop with my Mother. I can still recall how the store looked inside even.
It's interesting the memories we hold inside of us even after we are older.
The memories I have from just these simple dishes is invaluable. The dishes may not even be worth much money wise.......yet they are priceless to me.
"Mildred" as you remember is the name of the china dishes I inheirted from my Father's Mother. I have a fairly large collection of it so I consider myself very blessed.
Mildred was manifactured by a company called "Mount Clemmons Pottery."
Which seemed odd to me because it was china not pottery.....but so be it. Possibly it isn't china?
I found this bit of information regarding the company that made not only Mildred but many more patterns of china and other such things off of a website:
"Mount Clemens Pottery, Mount Clemens, Michigan 1915-1987 - By 1964, the company was turning out 240,000 pieces of dinnerware per day. This company was bought by SS Kresge in 1920 and made semi-porcelain dinnerware and a solid color ware which came in solid dark green, blue and pink. The ´Mildred´ dinnerware pattern so sought today was designed at Mt Clemens.
In 1965, the Kresge company sold the Mount Clemens Pottery. The new owners (Chase and Chase) operated it under the name Jamestown China Company. Ownership passed to Action Industries of Cheswick, Pennsylvania in 1983."
I am pretty sure that my Grandma Ayres' bought hers at the Kresge's store, since we had one in my home town of Hannibal Mo. which is where my Grandparents lived most all of their lives until their deaths.
As a child I remember going in there to shop with my Mother. I can still recall how the store looked inside even.
It's interesting the memories we hold inside of us even after we are older.
The memories I have from just these simple dishes is invaluable. The dishes may not even be worth much money wise.......yet they are priceless to me.
Thursday
Today was my 2nd day to myself. I find it incredibly hard to do anything on the days that I don't have to take care of Max. The weather has been cold in the morning and then hot in the afternoon and has been wreaking havoc YET AGAIN on my sinus. I want to avoid going to the ENT if possible as he will just prescribe antibiotics which will lead to other problems (ladies I think you know what I mean).
This morning I searched for job's, started updating my resume from a chronological one to a factual one (one that's all about skills) picked out today's outfit - the avignon re-edition with my purple flats from spring 2005, and then went out, had breakfast started reading my September Vogue and ran some errands (storage and the like). I tried to work on the job search more in the afternoon, but being in the house completely stuffs me up- so I wandered downtown, bought a new US Weekly had lunch at Typhoon, and then walked over to Pioneer Place to look for the awesome crystal necklace that Bazaar showed in their September issue at Anne Taylor ($85 - some bday money burning a hole in my pocket) which they didn't have. With the loss of Mayle I have fond myself grossly obsessed with statement costume Jewelry. My friend Kathleen gave me a JCrew gift card for my birthday and I bought a fun necklace there as well. It funny everytime I look at these amazing costume pieces the sales person says "that would look great with a t-shirt." I find it hard not to laugh. Can you imagine me in a t-shirt?
After I stumbled into Kate Spade - they just got in these amazing tweed (bit not fabric) flats. I do need a new pair of fall shoes and I think that these could be the ones. They didn't have an 8.5 (and I am slightly broke at the moment after the Max shopping spree yesterday and my two meals out - and pedicure today) so I am going to wait to see if they get them in my size as they only had size 8.
My friend Nancy called while I was wandering and invited me to meet her for a drink at Bluehour, so I stopped by (she and her husband were sitting outside working) so we chatted for an hour - then I went to Aveda and got my pedicure. I am back in the house, the AC is blasting and my nose is stuffed up again.
This morning I searched for job's, started updating my resume from a chronological one to a factual one (one that's all about skills) picked out today's outfit - the avignon re-edition with my purple flats from spring 2005, and then went out, had breakfast started reading my September Vogue and ran some errands (storage and the like). I tried to work on the job search more in the afternoon, but being in the house completely stuffs me up- so I wandered downtown, bought a new US Weekly had lunch at Typhoon, and then walked over to Pioneer Place to look for the awesome crystal necklace that Bazaar showed in their September issue at Anne Taylor ($85 - some bday money burning a hole in my pocket) which they didn't have. With the loss of Mayle I have fond myself grossly obsessed with statement costume Jewelry. My friend Kathleen gave me a JCrew gift card for my birthday and I bought a fun necklace there as well. It funny everytime I look at these amazing costume pieces the sales person says "that would look great with a t-shirt." I find it hard not to laugh. Can you imagine me in a t-shirt?
After I stumbled into Kate Spade - they just got in these amazing tweed (bit not fabric) flats. I do need a new pair of fall shoes and I think that these could be the ones. They didn't have an 8.5 (and I am slightly broke at the moment after the Max shopping spree yesterday and my two meals out - and pedicure today) so I am going to wait to see if they get them in my size as they only had size 8.
My friend Nancy called while I was wandering and invited me to meet her for a drink at Bluehour, so I stopped by (she and her husband were sitting outside working) so we chatted for an hour - then I went to Aveda and got my pedicure. I am back in the house, the AC is blasting and my nose is stuffed up again.
Channel 52, I love you
I was planning on updating this here blog with some positive today, then I went and did something completely fucking retarded.
I stayed up to watch the finale of "The Next Food Network Star" last night and so I am tired as fuck and in no mood whatsoever to blow sunshine up any one's ass.
I actually feel like there are toothpicks holding my eyes open.
Now tell me, who the hell puts a finale on at 11pm??? Fucking Food Network. I curse you. (Cause we all know this is in no way my fault...AT ALL) My addiction to channel 52 is killing me.
My theory on it, is if I can lose 20lbs (Yipeeee, just hit that milestone!) while watching celebrity chefs cook up the most amazing food EVER, then I must be pretty tough right? OK, so I might drool, and get a few stomach pains when Bobby Flay whips up an amazing BBQ feast on "Throwdown", or when Makashari Mirimoto (sp?) concocts some amazing Japanese dish on "Iron Chef", or even when Gordon Ramsay directs his "Hell's Kitchen" competitors to create a signature dish... I am still not running down to my kitchen to stuff my face with BBQ chips.
(Not sure why, I just can't stop craving those bad boys!)
Every time I turn on the TV, I don't even bother with the TV Listings on Channel 2. My first stop is Channel 52, the Food Network. 9 times out of 10 there is a show on that I like, no matter what time of day. Jamie Oliver, 'The Wild Gourmet'... those I can do without (seriously, does anyone watch those)...and the 'At home with the Freely's' (is that what it's even called) annoys me so much I immediately change the channel (the wife should be de-barked. Her voice KILLS ME), but there are so many others I would choose over my usual fave's that again, 9 times out of 10 I leave it on the Food Network.
'Hell's Kitchen' has to be one of my favorites. Gordon Ramsay is a douche bag and I can't stop loving him. I get embarrassed for the chefs, but who doesn't like a young punk kid being told to shut the fuck 7 times in a row? Even better 'you're a fucking donkey'? Ah, makes me giggle just thinking about it.
But I shall repeat... I am TIRED AS FUCK TODAY.
You're lucky you even got a blog post.
I stayed up to watch the finale of "The Next Food Network Star" last night and so I am tired as fuck and in no mood whatsoever to blow sunshine up any one's ass.
I actually feel like there are toothpicks holding my eyes open.
Now tell me, who the hell puts a finale on at 11pm??? Fucking Food Network. I curse you. (Cause we all know this is in no way my fault...AT ALL) My addiction to channel 52 is killing me.
My theory on it, is if I can lose 20lbs (Yipeeee, just hit that milestone!) while watching celebrity chefs cook up the most amazing food EVER, then I must be pretty tough right? OK, so I might drool, and get a few stomach pains when Bobby Flay whips up an amazing BBQ feast on "Throwdown", or when Makashari Mirimoto (sp?) concocts some amazing Japanese dish on "Iron Chef", or even when Gordon Ramsay directs his "Hell's Kitchen" competitors to create a signature dish... I am still not running down to my kitchen to stuff my face with BBQ chips.
(Not sure why, I just can't stop craving those bad boys!)
Every time I turn on the TV, I don't even bother with the TV Listings on Channel 2. My first stop is Channel 52, the Food Network. 9 times out of 10 there is a show on that I like, no matter what time of day. Jamie Oliver, 'The Wild Gourmet'... those I can do without (seriously, does anyone watch those)...and the 'At home with the Freely's' (is that what it's even called) annoys me so much I immediately change the channel (the wife should be de-barked. Her voice KILLS ME), but there are so many others I would choose over my usual fave's that again, 9 times out of 10 I leave it on the Food Network.
'Hell's Kitchen' has to be one of my favorites. Gordon Ramsay is a douche bag and I can't stop loving him. I get embarrassed for the chefs, but who doesn't like a young punk kid being told to shut the fuck 7 times in a row? Even better 'you're a fucking donkey'? Ah, makes me giggle just thinking about it.
But I shall repeat... I am TIRED AS FUCK TODAY.
You're lucky you even got a blog post.
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