Rascal Flatts - Stand

Gotta remind myself too every now and then..... ☻

Boycott all gas stations for the day we need the prices to go down! (4)

Boycott all gas stations for the day we need the prices to go down! (4)

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?

 Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt

A great blog I found!

You do not wake up one morning a bad person.  It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.  ~Robert Brault,

 

A Robert Brault Reader: 

Thoughts to Make You Stop and Wonder Why You Stopped

It would be interesting if the first communication picked up from outer space is a small voice singing, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star."Interesting and quite perfect!=)

13 Houses Made Of Unusual Materials! (GO GREEN Houses!)

13 Houses Made Of Unusual Materials!

(GO GREEN Houses!)

A “NORMAL” person would use bricks, cement, paint etc. to build his house but, exceptions are always there. I saw on a TV show about a little town in Arizona where people build their house using stuffs like tires, newspapers etc. which are sufficient for their needs. Knowing this stuff would make you wonder about the other types of material people are willing to use. Check this amazing recycled houses.

Shipping Container House

This stunning home is almost like a piece of art that you can live in. Constructed using  recycled shipping containers, the container home has all of the modern conveniences of a traditionally built home but with a unique element of style as well. A modern kitchen, huge wide-open floor plan, and gigantic windows that bring in tons of natural lighting are just a few of the great features of this home, construction costs were relatively inexpensive when compared to traditional construction.

Airplane House

What could be better than an amazing house made out of an airplane? A cheap one. The plane itself cost just $2000, though moving it cost $4000 and renovating it for habitation took another $24000 – but that’s still just $30000 for a truly amazing and unique home. The original airplane fold-down stairs were kept and are operated by a garage door opener and one of the original airplane restrooms still works as it always did. And the cockpit suspended over the lake below? Her own personal jacuzzi of course. 

The Key-Card Hotel

There is a hotel in New York named Key Card hotel which built out of 200,000 card keys. Everything in this hotel, be it bed, floor, wall even toilet seat is made out of cards. This hotel is made by the world record holder in card house building, Bryan Berg. This make me think, if they provide any visiting cards of their hotel.

Small Cruiser House

The Benson Ford is a beautiful ship now owned by Bryan Kasper. Having dutifully served on the Great Lakes for 50 years, the ship can now be found towering on a cliff on South Bass Island in Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, OH. Originally, Henry Ford had it built as his own cruise ship and named it after his grandson. Then in 1986, after it had been stripped of its engine, Frank J. Sullivan bought the luxurious vessel from a salvage company, brought it to the island, and transformed it into a lakeshore residence for his family.

The House Made From Plastic Bottles

American consumes about 70 million bottles everyday and it also common in other parts of world. There is even an movement against it and these bottle usually end up in landfills, but
a family in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina took notice to it and figured out how can they help to solve this problem and so he constructed a house by using plastic bottles.
Hoping friends and neighbors will see their home as a commitment to caring for the planet, the Santa Cruz family built their home’s entire structure and all of furnishings  within from plastic bottles, aluminum cans, Tetra Pak boxboard and other recycled goods. As if this project wasn’t quite daunting enough, homeowner (and builder) Alfredo Santa Cruz also designed a smaller playhouse version of the bottle home for his young daughter.

Garbage House

A house made up of garbage. Whether you use a lot of garbage to build a complete house or use material to patch up an old house, you have to admit that it is the original use of recyclable materials and the cost required is zero, all you need is some time and you don’t even need to clean it, since no one will really notice that your house is dirty. On a side note, before you try to attempt something like that, it would be better if talk with your neighbors. No use in spending time to do if you can’t comply with local laws.Beer Can House
Yeah! Now we’re talking. This house is made up of 39,000 beers can and was built by John Milkovisch in 1968 at Houston, Texas and the best part is that it smells like beer and is open to public with regular weekend hours. This is class; I am even ready to pay to get a house like this for myself.

The Newspaper House

Sumer Erek says that, newspapers are hard if you roll them and they can be used to make a house, so she decided to build a house with newspapers
The House was first created in London’s Gillett Square in March 2008, transforming over 85,000 used newspapers into a thought provoking artwork, attracting a wide range of people and press coverage internationally. It now counts over 100,000 newspapers.

Door House

This picture was taken near Elberton, Georgia and is not just a simple house, it is one created from used doors only. Flood, windows, walls, everything is made up of doors. This was just a quick example of creative people are, and some of them keep to amaze us everyday.

Scrap House

This house was created by a team of architects, engineers, contractors from San Francisco to celebrate World Environment Day in 2005 using scraps. Noble cause, isn’t it?

House Made Of Ship

Some people love boats so much that they will even build their homes in the shape of them. These two examples can be found on 3rd Street in Encinitas, CA. The S.S. Encinitas and S.S Moon Light have never touche water (apart from rainwater), as they are neither boathouses nor houseboats — just stunning boat replicas. But that’s not to say that these two houses are not recycled. Their creator, Miles Minor Kellogg, was a versatile builder in the 1920s and ’30s who loved taking scrap material and using it for new structures. The wood making up this unique structure was taken from an old bathhouse at Moonlight Beach in 1925. Because of its low ceiling, the wood wasn’t fit for a regular house but worked splendidly for these two boathouses, completed in 1928.

Car Ferry House

Mary Breuer, live aboard the Maritol, a decommissioned Icelandic car ferry docked at Pier 54 in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco.
Ms. Breuer her husband started looking for industrial buildings to buy years ago. But despite the vacancies created by the dot-com crash, they could not find a suitable building. “I’d seen tugboats that had been converted,” Mr. Lundberg said, “so I thought, ‘What about a small ship?’ ”
She found the Maritol, which was built in 1975, listed for $260,000 on a Web site which deals in used and repossessed ships. They flew to Iceland to buy it and hired five of the ship’s crew members to deliver it through the Panama Canal to San Francisco, a seven-week trip. They spent another $600,000 repainting the exterior, rebuilding the engine, converting the electrical system to United States standards and other alterations required to make the ship habitable.

Wooden Pallets House

The Manifesto House by Infiniski utilizes pre-made materials like shipping containers and wooden pallets to create an uber cool modern house. Built in Curacavi, the modest home is composed of two 40′ shipping containers and two 20′ containers. Cheap and quick to construct, this plan uses sustainable materials while incorporating renewable energy systems.

I found a GREAT campaign I'd be happy to support as I am sure MANY of my followers will be too! It is,

The TRUTH about BEAUTY exposed…

The EAT! campaign.

Click image above to visit the main page.♥

I hope that the teens, college girls, young Hollywood stars, and
women who are thinking about, just starting, or have made
eating less, constant dieting, or not eating a way of life to look
better, younger, prettier, or skinnier realize the truth about
beauty. The truth about how beauty is kept. The truth about
how beauty is lost.

-Quoted from the Eat Campaign's web page!

To purchase a copy of the book, click below!

About the Author:

My DREAM, My HOPE

WHY did I write this book and 

create this beauty campaign? WHO am I? 

& here is another little something, something that I found VERY COOL! &  I just had to share! I highly recommend taking the quiz!  

I hope you all enjoy as much as I did & please remember seriously, Beauty is ONLY skin deep! But, ugly goes straight to the bone. Actually, true beauty is about what kind of person you are, not how beautiful your looks are. I know some beautiful girls, but they are ugly on the inside. 

Are you beautiful on the inside? 
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Click the picture below & take
the Karma Test to find your true beauty.

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So Enjoy♥
& please share w/all you know! 
& of course thank you!
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Inspirational video - Turning disappointment into joy: From Service Dog ...

This is truly an AMAZING video!!!!

Warning: IT WILL bring many tears!!!

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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Because there is a big difference between living and merely existing…

• Educate yourself until the day you die. – The time and energy you invest in your education will change your life.  You are a product of what you know.  The more knowledge you acquire, the more control you have over your life.
• Take good care of your body. – Your body is the greatest tool you’ll ever own.  It impacts every step you take and every move you make.  Nourish it, exercise it, and rest it.
• Spend as much time as possible with the people you love. – Human beings are emotional creatures.  Family and close friends makeup the core of your emotional support system.  The more you nurture them, the more they will nurture you.
• Be a part of something you believe in. – This could be anything.  Some people take an active role in their local city council, some find refuge in religious faith, some join social clubs supporting causes they believe in, and others find passion in their careers.  In each case the psychological outcome is the same.  They engage themselves in something they strongly believe in.  This engagement brings happiness and meaning into their lives.
• Excel at what you do. – There’s no point in doing something if you aren’t going to do it right.  Excel at your work and excel at your hobbies.  Develop a reputation for yourself, a reputation for consistent excellence.
• Live below your means. – Live a comfortable life, not a wasteful one.  Do not spend to impress others.  Do not live life trying to fool yourself into thinking wealth is measured in material objects.  Manage your money wisely so your money does not manage you.  Always live well below your means.
• Be self-sufficient. – Freedom is the greatest gift.  Self-sufficiency is the greatest freedom.
• Build a comfortable, loving household. – Home is where the heart is.  Your home should be comfortable and lined with love.  It should be a place that brings the whole family together.
• Always be honest with yourself and others. – Living a life of honesty creates peace of mind, and peace of mind is priceless.
• Respect elders.  Respect minors.  Respect everyone. – There are no boundaries or classes that define a group of people that deserve to be respected.  Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother.
• Mix it up.  Try different things. – Seek as many new life experiences as possible and be sure to share them with the people you love.  After all, your life’s story is simply a string of experiences.  The more experiences you have, the more interesting your story gets.
• Take full ownership of your actions. – Either you own up to your actions or your actions will ultimately own you.
• Over-deliver on all your promises. – Some people habitually make promises they are just barely able to fulfill.  They promise perfection and deliver mediocrity.  If you want to boost your personal value, do the exact opposite. Slightly under-sell your capabilities so that you’re always able to over-deliver.  It will seem to others like you’re habitually going above and beyond the call of duty.
• Listen more.  Talk less. – The more you listen and the less you talk, the more you will learn and the less you will miss.
• Focus more on less. – Think in terms of Karate: A black belt seems far more impressive than a brown belt.  But does a brown belt really seem any more impressive than a red belt?  Probably not to most people.  Remember that society elevates experts high onto a pedestal.  Hard work matters, but not if it’s scattered in diverse directions.  Focus on less and master it all.
• Exploit the resources you do have access to. – The average person is usually astonished when they see a physically handicap person show intense signs of emotional happiness.  How could someone in such a restricted physical state be so happy?  The answer rests in how they use the resources they do have.  Stevie Wonder couldn’t see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it.
• Savor the natural joys of simple pleasures. – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the best things in life are free.  They come in the form of simple pleasures and they appear right in front of you at various locations and arbitrary times.  They are governed by Mother Nature and situational circumstance and captured by mindful awareness.  It’s all about taking a moment to notice the orange and pink sunset reflecting off the pond water as you hold hands with someone you love.  Noticing these moments and taking part in them regularly will bring unpredictable bursts of happiness into your life.
• Reflect on your goals and direction. – Not doing so is committing to wasteful misdirection.  The process of self reflection helps maintain a conscious awareness of where you’ve been and where you intend to go, giving you the ability to realign your trajectory when necessary.
• Leave time for spontaneous excursions. – Sometimes opportunity knocks at unexpected times.  Make sure you have enough flexibility in your schedule to respond accordingly.
• Be here now. – Right now is the only moment guaranteed to you.  Right now is life.  Don’t miss it.

From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life. ~Anais Nin

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Charlie Sheen inspired funny facebook status updates and more...

Charlie...

1. is Winning!  Duh!
2. is on a drug, it’s called ‘Charlie Sheen.’ It’s not available cuz if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off and children will weep over your exploded body.”
3. will let you borrow my brain for five seconds and just be like dude, can’t handle it, unplug this bastard. It fires in a way that is, I don’t know, maybe not from this terrestrial realm.
4. When you’ve got tiger blood and Adonis DNA, it’s like, get with the program dude.
5. wishes you nothing but pain in your silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated you earthworm with my words -- imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.
6. says there's my life. Deal with it. Oh, wait, can't process it? LOSERS! Winning! Buh-bye
7. is the new sheriff in town and I have an army of assassins!
8. is addicted to one thing right now.... Winning!
9. thinks that the bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math ... another one of their mottoes is 'Don't be special, be one of us.' Newsflash: I am special, and I will never be one of you! I have a disease? Bulls**t! I cured it with my brain, with my mind. I cured it, I'm done
10. is sorry, man, but I've got magic. I've got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time and this includes naps. I'm an F18, bro and I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground!
11. is dealing with fools and trolls. I'm dealing with soft targets, and it's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. They lay down with their ugly wives and their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, 'I can't process it.' Well, no, and you never will! Stop trying! Just sit back and enjoy the show!
12. What they’re not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people. See where that goes.”
13. thinks as kids we’re not taught how to deal with success; we’re taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?”
14. has probably took more drugs than anyone could survive. I’m bangin’ 7-gram rocks and finishing them because that’s how I roll. I have one speed, one gear… go!
15. says it is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of the bazillions, never have to look at whatshisc**k again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension
    
     
    
    
    
    
    This is a hilarious blog who put this post up as well as many other hilarious facebook statuses that they've collected. Check it out it's here, The Collection of Funny Facebook Status Updates!

PLAY Coffee Table

Published in Home Interior Design | Storage & Organizing 

On September 22nd, 2008

Everybody loves a good puzzle, which is exactly what the PLAY! Coffee Table by BCSXY is offering. It is so much more than it seems from the outside, just like a good mystery – things are never quite what they seem.Handmade of walnut veneered plywood and lacquer print, this gorgeous coffee table has a slide-puzzle top.

It allows you to shuffle and move surface panels around, while with each arrangement, the missing piece reveals one of sixteen hidden storage compartments. Now, where did I put the remote…

Dimensions: 40.5″ x 40.5″ x 17.75″H (including wheels)

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