Laid Back Sunday

<p>Our last day of the weekend was pretty low key. We slept in, I caught up on blogs, and then headed out to get some groceries. Kyle’s parents called and wanted to go out for lunch so, of course, we said sure. Of all places though, they wanted to go to <strong>Pizza Hut</strong>! It was alright though, who doesn’t love pizza?!?!? I had <strong>2 slices of canadian bacon and pineapple</strong> and <strong>1 breadstick</strong>. </p> <p>We picked up a few groceries and then headed Wal-Mart to get a few other things Kyle wanted. He is going to try a few things recommended by a friend that will hopefully help some of the pain he’s having when we’re running. He is going to start taking  Fish Oil and Glucosamine Chondroitin. </p> <p>When we got home I cut up all our produce so it’s ready for the week and cleaned up afterwards. I grabbed a few snacks before heading outside, <strong>string cheese</strong> and a <strong>fiber one bar</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="800" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="400"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8TOMVcP7cY61g7C9NDO8m00F7D7N3ZDCt9reEez8PaMGcVQoIjd4dU-ulM-vhyktrg26QsCZtTJWvf1phrBmjLzfb_R4S4NG_o2WE6TEgUO6c4MouSd6hedzHoI_zMnawSb3Kqs6sb-Y/s1600-h/DSC029033.jpg"><img alt="DSC02903" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_Uh7WMnRKKlymm9D8ncsbgjh0xP892qPNkuGIv2B6O6acl7mGte1OfnaFBydw1dKkYTPDv2s7lO8hT3W5eTEOJAU8iclnp4bZuZt71Ex7KbsYqjtrfoetWZw6Z0zErCYmmZ9nbUddIBU/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC02903" width="404" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="400"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYCr8BeKMQcLZVpQbUO2GRoCNSr3QYt-mgcoDMEpZRPUIRbdAwcrCyScIds5AAWNF5TxorHhnHmss6cW-2OqFv0N3_H4BQo0_i4fHj9y4mw5kpeChNTrS9dD0Yy1-s7v9K5FoaRM8tnOA/s1600-h/DSC029043.jpg"><img alt="DSC02904" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZpJ24dfsVdcarWuqpNxia3AH5a-pFEw_n5XzzMbaE5vMf42WrNAp9kxRRV8OO6YLAXNuSReUaBOds3OKrBK2AGrnubCE7H9wSK32BOb8wAhkXQ6NY39FRBNGkOVBc6HQl6EoXHNMDJy-/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC02904" width="404" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>I mowed the lawn while Kyle was tinkering in the garage trying to get the weed eater to work. Luckily we have a nice neighbor that let us borrow his! We finished up with yard work just in time before it started to POUR!!</p> <p>While watching the NBA finals I had an odd supper! We picked up some <strong>baked cheetos</strong> at the store last week that were begging to get eaten! I had <strong>1 oz</strong> of those, <strong>1 c watermelon</strong>, and <strong>1 c grapes</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="800" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center" width="400"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGFn2xZaQW8Bjj2ACRDWBnRq8VI5iTGGUQYCCWmF4s_rcXoR1XkIruQBENxgAj_48SMZqt4BcNpK2p2Bbul0ckYel_TcP0uEaLYo5Dq4TvgCw7lMSScSYcv6zqeAnrav7lLbijge0qrLj/s1600-h/DSC029053.jpg"><img alt="DSC02905" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJlFV4W5Ft9vbOJzQbOMshhFLhLlGxJjIRAsWN-j9Ug6counvasx0zBGstkKFo9ZfUEmp1bDFtiz1VVdu3bftCGb4jS_rWoyZHMvqwzknvImVNY29MKeiNfDDTD0QSckYF5it4qzSWuzN/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC02905" width="379" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="400"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ-UKPPFrxo6GBcgL1ohWS0wmURZXul_WIIcatjpCJLKLqLKVyfP26GM75ZcesxxdIV83QHcHmOJWfgxaf0zL06MQJyhx0uH6qOt11SFptoxJkB_os8obuYsyIw8JrqivmuEUPiKjocOw/s1600-h/DSC029063.jpg"><img alt="DSC02906" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkc7YeceEXBwG7pIEh22OtEcYk-xFw_hiTbY9ExyTGbLiDO2QYDnfj0xEYvq6QBhVhePv8ux59gyVrzLKNsrkv3Slw1mWud7gfzvdmrPqb7CDPLk1xbn7jnsWuQy-2mMIBuMhI3aOCQGn/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC02906" width="404" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCOdYxj26rlVvjBCr6LjYoLnuHBC6NZs3CO9Lrip1yTANO4385ahdAaedoMfgwUflXqa1N9PWvgJ9OoX4OInrX1pBhFgI68rSUDOZEesccWDXfVD2EOzIKbV34H7ASMhqPwdWsS-nZEnY/s1600-h/DSC029073.jpg"><img alt="DSC02907" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I2nzLUqSozZNgUHOaAwQkroh-VO34BSx7PPfpDfHhdu0NOYVcz_Ejk1LaXm7S_g9n1mJX-5bJLiP_JxE6Hf2_nVoj6zETf_Lj8SO97O1SCD4tmA_Wx84rDa62miNis0PkVKPIXaM5345/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC02907" width="404" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>Like I said, it was a pretty laid back day! Hope everyone has a great Monday!</p>

Laid Back Sunday

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Love In Tonopah

The triangular scaffolding with a pulley at the top and a bucket hanging from a rope looped over the pulley is a “head frame.” I learned the name from Minnie who is 89. She knows such things because she has spent all her 89 good years in Tonopah. Her father was a miner because he loved mining. Her husband was a miner and he loved it too. They both died of silicosis. Perhaps we all die of love – either the want of it or from the spending of our lives in love. And Minnie’s story is a love story.<br /><br />Tony was a 26 year old in Saginaw, Michigan doing a little of this, then a little of that, until he got a letter from his father. Tony’s dad was mining in Tonopah, having a great time. He thought Tony should give it a try. So he did. He packed up and moved to Tonopah where he rented a little cabin next to a dairy. One day the farmer asked Tony to help him deliver the milk. That’s how it happened that when 16 year old Minnie answered the door early one morning in 1937, she met and fell in instant love with the new milkman.<br /><br />Not long afterward, Tony and Minnie eloped to Hawthorne, where they were secretly married, then returned to life as usual in Tonopah. Months later, Minnie fessed up to her mother who by the way was from the old country in Eastern Europe. It did not set well, but eventually everyone came around and became a happy family. Minnie has 4 adult children all of whom live in Tonopah. Following the example her Capulet style wedding, 3 of her classmates eloped to Hawthorne that year.<br /><br />The last time I blogged about Tonopah, I was quoting David Kranes’ Life On The Moon. But this time, the story that seems more in point is Marjorie Brown’s Lady In Boomtown, a true life memoir and another love story. Marjorie was a starry eyed 18 year old in 1903 when young lawyer Hugh Brown proposed and asked her to follow him from San Francisco to Tonopah where he would handle the legalities attendant to all that brand new gold and silver. Love takes certain heroism. Minnie and Marjorie had it.<br /><br />So as you have surmised, last Sunday was my visit to St. Mark’s, Tonopah, a small but boldly resilient congregation. After breakfast at Tonopah Station, where none of the young folks knew what a head frame was, we headed over to church for a worship. Afterward, we had Sam’s barbeque ribs, Bonnie’s new recipe for beans, and a lot of good conversation. Then a self-guided tour of the Mining Park, and we were on our way back down 95.<br /><br />A couple of footnotes: The Pahrump Mirror, Nye County’s only independent newspaper, reports that The Shady Lady, one of our long established rural brothels, is going co-ed. Yes, men are to join the oldest profession out there in the desert. The headline was “Shady Lady To Offer Rooster Services.” The picture under the headline was of 7 ladies mostly in somewhat slinky evening wear, some black, one red. Despite the implication, however, they were neither the Shady Ladies nor prospective customers. They were the contestants for Ms. Senior Golden Years 2009.<br /><br />On our way to Tonopah, we stopped off in Beatty to get a closer look at a colorful gathering. It was the Sour Dough Saloon’s Annual Pig Roast. Quite a crowd had gathered for the outside repast with live music. Most were in classic western attire including some Senior Golden Ladies in dance hall girl dresses worthy of the Long Branch. Bikers were also well represented. I have not made it to Beatty Days yet. That is the end of October. But Beatty is also quite a place. Wish we had a church there.<br /><br />I have heard I-95 described as a boring drive. Whoever finds 95 boring must be driving with their eyes shut. It is one amazing manifestation after another.<br /><br />Oh yes, Goldfield, population 289 is growing at the rate of 10% per year. The roadside jewelry dealer swears if it hits 500, he’s out of there.

Love In Tonopah

The triangular scaffolding with a pulley at the top and a bucket hanging from a rope looped over the pulley is a “head frame.” I learned the...

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L’allocation équivalent retraite rétablie

<BR><br />Pour mémoire, l'allocation équivalent retraite (AER) est une allocation chômage du régime de solidarité financée par l'Etat. L'allocation équivalent retraite assure, jusqu'à 60 ans, un minimum de ressources aux personnes qui, avant 60 ans, totalisent 160 trimestres d'assurance vieillesse.<br /><br />Le <a href="http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020678001">décret n 2009-608 du 29 mai 2009</a> (JO du 31 mai) institue, à titre exceptionnel, une « allocation équivalent retraite », dont le régime est assez proche du dispositif précédemment en vigueur, abrogé, depuis le 1/1/2009, par la loi de finances pour 2008.<br /><br />Dans le texte, sont précisés :<ul><br /><li>les <strong>bénéficiaires</strong> (demandeurs d’emploi qui justifient, entre le 1/01/2009 et le 31/12/2009 et avant l’âge de 60 ans, de la durée de cotisation à l’assurance vieillesse, requise au 31/12/2008 pour l’ouverture du droit à une pension de vieillesse à taux plein) <br /><li>les <strong>conditions d’attribution</strong> (notamment la condition de ressources) <br /><li>le <strong>montant</strong> (l’AER garantit aux bénéficiaires un montant journalier maximal de l’allocation égal à 32,30 €) <br /><li><strong>l’articulation avec d’autres dispositifs</strong> (RSA, allocation d’assurance chômage, etc.) <br /><li>la <strong>durée de versement</strong> (l’AER est attribuée par périodes de 12 mois renouvelables), les <strong>conditions de versement</strong>, etc.</ul><br /><br />Les bénéficiaires de l’AER seront, à leur demande, dispensés de recherche d’emploi <br />L’AER est gérée par Pôle emploi. La demande de paiement de l’allocation devra être déposée au plus tard le 31 décembre 2009.<br /><BR>

L’allocation équivalent retraite rétablie

Pour mémoire, l'allocation équivalent retraite (AER) est une allocation chômage du régime de solidarité financée par l'Etat. L'a...

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