Great Great Grand Aunt Elsa

 This is my Grandmother's Great Aunt Elsa (right). That makes her my Great-great-grand Aunt!! Say that seven times fast! Born in Finland, she followed her sister to America in 1913 when she was 19 and became a successful seamstress. I bet she made her lovely outfit in the picture above!

  In 1923 she married Nilo and they settled on a small farm to raise sheep. Even though she wasn't a seamstress then, my grandmother remembers the lovely things she made and the sheep she raised. Aren't they a dapper couple?

This is one of her sewing books. Years and years ago poking around in Grandma's wonderful closets I came across it.

Published it 1930 by the Women's Institute of Domestic Art and Sciences. The set consists of eight booklets covering just about every subject on sewing. From how to choose the right fabric to basic sewing stitches to making collars and cuffs to fitting and alterations.

One of my favorite sections, how to make a Jabot!!

Another picture of Elsa and Nilo later in life. Love her hat!

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Tuesday Training (3)

I know some of you get bored with training posts, so, if that is the case, instead of reading the below post, read THIS, about the time I missed the bus in Argentina due to an unknown time change and met a local in the process.  Week 1 - 4 and Week 5 - 8 can be found by clicking the links <----.
 
Santa Rosa Marathon Training -- Week 9 to Week 11

Week 9: Luckily this was a step-back week, because I was really not feeling it. I had to go to the city on Thursday and it threw off my run for that day. Saturday was a stress ball day of broken cars and Sunday was the drive to Oregon, which meant 8 hours in the car. This week was a lot of trail running, which some may consider "junk" miles, but I call them hill workouts!

Monday: 1 hour of P90x Core
Tuesday: 13.1 mile trail run @ 10:20 pace
Wednesday: 8.5 mile trail run @ 10:13 pace
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 8.2 mile trail run @ 10:09 pace
Saturday: 6 miles @ 8:20 pace
Sunday: Rest

Total Miles: Goal 35.6 / Actual 35.5 / Long Run 13.1

Week 10: This week I was in Oregon until Friday, which I thought would cause me to have LESS miles, but in fact, with three ladies trying to get ready plus a baby to get ready, feed and give naps to, there ended up being extra free time, which I used to run. Also, my friend is trying to get back into running, so I also did run/walk intervals with her. I put them in parenthesis.

Monday: 7 miles @ 7:40 pace (+ 3 miles @ 12:53)
Tuesday: 2 miles @ 7:15 pace (+ 3.5 miles @ 13:36)
Wednesday: 9 miles @ 8:03 pace
Thursday: 9.5 miles @ 8:43 pace (on Peterson Ridge Trail -- mostly flat)
Friday: (3.75 miles @ 14:14 pace) Flight home
Saturday: 19 miles @ 8:40 pace (8:20 - 9:20 is the pace suggested by McMillan for my long runs)
Sunday: Rest

Total Miles: Goal 47 / Actual 56 (*my highest ever!) / Long Run 19

Week 11:  This week was a difficult one, physically and mentally. First of all, I went out and had a few drinks on Sunday, so I took Monday off. Then there was 4th of July and more drinks, so I took Thursday off. My schedule calls for 6 days of running, but I often combine the two shorter ones (this week it was 4 and 5) so I can have two rest days. This week I needed them! Wine + little sleep Does Not = happy runner.

Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 10 miles @ 9:05 pace
Wednesday: 9 miles @ 8:22 pace
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 6 miles @ 8:26 pace
Saturday: 20 miles @ 8:58 pace
Sunday: 8 miles @ 9:54 pace (my legs were SO tired from the long run. Remind me to keep Sunday as my rest day if my long run is going to be on Saturday. This was NOT a fun run. McMillan suggests a recovery pace of 9:20 - 9:50, so I missed my mark on this one).

Total Miles: Goal 54.5 / Actual 53 / Long Run 20

Luckily this means next week is another step back week because I will be traveling again and who knows what the conditions will be. I have to admit, I know that I am SUPER lucky to be training in a place where the high usually doesn't reach the 70s. I am a bit worried that the marathon is going to be HOT and I am going to keel over because I am not accustomed to it. So this weekend there may be a few hot training runs just as a test to see how I will do. Wish me luck!

Taken from Running Ahead

Verdict? 20 miles is not that bad anymore. What IS bad is the run the day after. I think I need to have a short run on Friday (or a rest day) and a rest day on Sunday (or a shorter run). I also don't know how some people can run 100 miles a week when training. I am pretty tired. My feet are tender. I have listened to all the This American Life episodes and 3 audio books. What keeps me going? Views like the one in the photo above. If I was running 20 miles on the street or a bike path or in the heat, I would be an emotional wreck.

A quick note on fueling. Jelly beans? Too sweet, but good because I can take one by one when I want them. Gu? Sticks in my belly UNLESS I eat it over the course of several miles which is okay but can get messy (I fold it and tuck it into my wrist band).  Nuun? So far, so good, but I think better to take before or after rather than during, since I just don't like sweet stuff while I am running. I also found that watering it down a bit helps. I have a new favorite fuel, but I think it deserves it's own post, so stay tuned!

Also, congratulations to Amber, a fellow marathoner and blogger who just got married yesterday!

Are you training for anything? When you travel, do you exercise less or more? What is your favorite distance to run?

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Unite Blogger Template

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Template name : Unite

Template features : Wordpress Look, 2 Columns, Right Sidebar, 3 Columns Footer, Business, Elegant, Featured Content Slider, Fixed Width, Light Background, Top Navigation Menu, Email Subscription Form.

Release date : July 2012

Author :  www.soratemplates.com

Designer: Parallelus

Basic Instructions : How to install a Blogger Template

Configure Post Date:

Log in to Blogger Dashboard --> Settings --> Format and change this:

If you don't do this, it will display "UNDEFINED".

Configure Featured Content Slider:

Login to blogger dashboard --> layout --> Edit HTML. Now scroll down to where you see the codes below:

• <div id='Slide'>
   <img alt='Slide 1' height='341' src='/image.jpg' width='948'/>
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Now replace "image.jpg" with your slider image.

Configure Dropdown Menu:

Login to blogger dashboard --> layout --> Edit HTML. Now scroll down to where you see the codes below:

• <ul class='sfmenu'>
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Mustafa Ceceli - Es

Şarkı Sözleri

Anladım bu son durak

Beni anılarla yalnız bırak

Tutmam gereken bir matemin var

Hislerin var unutmam gereken

Yanar yanar durur

Kalbim kan ağlar ağlar durur

Senin bende kalan günahın var

Sözlerin var unutup gittiğin

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Maziyi savura savura es

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Eskaza sevmişsen kalbimi kavura kavura es

Deli rüzgârlarla yüreği bir arada

Tutamam yaşayamam

Son nefesim ol içime es

Anladım bu son durak

Beni anılarla yalnız bırak

Tutmam gereken bir matemin var

Hislerin var unutmam gereken

Yanar yanar durur

Kalbim kan ağlar ağlar durur

Senin bende kalan günahın var

Sözlerin var unutup gittiğin

Es nereye istersen www.sendeyim.com

Nerde çok sevdiysen uğra bir geçersen

Maziyi savura savura es

Deli rüzgârlarla kalbimi bir arada

Tutamam yaşayamam

Son nefesim ol içime es

Ne zaman istersen aynı yerdeyim ben

Eskaza sevmişsen kalbimi kavura kavura es

Deli rüzgârlarla yüreği bir arada

Tutamam yaşayamam

Son nefesim ol içime es

Es ne zaman istersen aynı yerdeyim ben

Eskaza sevmişsen her şeyi savura savura es

Deli rüzgârlarla yüreği bir arada

Tutamam yaşayamam

Son nefesim ol içime es

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BSA students and the Fitzwilliam Museum

My study of donations to the Fitzwilliam Museum by students of the BSA is now available online.

Gill, D. W. J. 2012. "From the Cam to the Cephissus: the Fitzwilliam Museum and students of the British School at Athens." Journal of the History of Collections: 1-10.

Abstract
The Fitzwilliam Museum holds material brought back to England by some of the early nineteenth-century travellers to Greece, including Edward Daniel Clarke and William Martin Leake. However, it was not until the later nineteenth century, with the founding of such organizations as the British School at Athens and the Cyprus Exploration Fund, that the Museum's collections started to be enriched through material excavated or otherwise acquired in Greece by archaeologists and other students. This article maps the impact of the emerging discipline of archaeology on the Fitzwilliam's collections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also demonstrates how the Museum profited from the close connections between students, archaeologists and museum officers of the period.

[Abstract]

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Blogger Yatay Slayt Alanı-2 (Hareketli Otomatik)

Film şeridi gibi yatay olarak hareketli bir şekilde kayan, blogger kullanıcıları için tasarlanmış bir slayt alanını daha önce sizlerle paylaşmıştık,şimdi ise kullanım ve çalışma prensibi olarak aynı fakat görünümü ve hareketliliği farklı olan bir yatay slayt alanını sizlere tanıtacağız.Yine etiket bazlı çalışan yatay kayan slayt alnını blogunuza uygulamayı anlatacağız.Bu slayt alanını uygulamadan

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Blogger için ‘Bu Yazıyı Paylaşın’ Eklentisi

Şimdi anlatacağım eklenti ise şöyle; Bir çok forumda veyahut web sitelerinde görmüşsünüzdür; yazı altındaki, bu yazıyı forumda paylaş, bu yazıyı sitede paylaş diye link kutucuklarını. İşte şimdi, bizler bunu blogger için yapacağız. Yani, yazdığınız yazının hem site linkini, hem forum linkini hem de yazı linkini bu eklenti sayesinde ziyaretçilerimze sunabileceğiz. Üstelik, bu işlem de bir çok anlatımını yaptığım eklenti gibi çok basit. Herneyse, isterseniz eklentinin kurulum aşamalarına geçelim. Eklentinin ön izlemesi aşağıdadır.

Tasarım > HTML'yi Düzenle > Widget Şablonlarını Genişlet seçeneğinin yanındaki kutucuğu işaretliyoruz.

Daha sonra " post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> " etiketimizin hemen altına aşağıdaki kodumuzu ekliyoruz.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'> 
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onclick=&quot;javascript: this.select()&quot; 
value=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot; /&gt;<br/> 
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size=&quot;60&quot; onclick=&quot;javascript: 
this.select()&quot; value=&quot;<a 
expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a>&quot; 
/&gt;<br/> 
Forum kodu: &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; 
size=&quot;60&quot; onclick=&quot;javascript: 
this.select()&quot; 
value=&quot;[URL=<data:post.url/>]<data:post.title/>[/URL]&quot; 
/&gt;<br/> 
</b:if> 

Bütün işlem bu kadar güle güle kullanmanız dileğiyle..

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Travelpreneurial Tools

As you might have noticed I recently created
Top 3 Bestseller lists on several Blogs, also on this blog
you now can find a Special List with a Top 3 with on this blog
a Top 3 List of Cruise Travel Bestsellers.

(Btw. talking about Cruise Travel,
you might like to find out how Travelpreneurs
can discover some extra really interesting
Cruise Travel Info in a post titled:
Speak on Stage, How about Cruise Travel)

Since on digitalcamera-ideas.blogspot.com I created a Top 3 List with Bestseller
Digital Camera's I discovered that a Nr. 1 Bestselling Camera is
a Panasonic Lumix TS20 16.1 MP TOUGH
Waterproof Digital Camera
with 4x Optical Zoom (Orange)

You can see an Image here below:



A type of camera that also looks like an interesting
Camera for Travelpreneurs to take with you on your Travels.
For example how about finding out
How to Make Money with your Digital Camera?

(Some time ago you could also read about other
interesting Electronics for taking with you on
your Travels in a post titled:
Top 5 Electronics You Want Take With You On Your Travels)

In that list Digital Camera's take a Nr. 2 Position,
and I do believe that a Panasonic Lumix TS20 16.1 MP TOUGH
Waterproof Digital Camera
with 4x Optical Zoom (Orange)
can be an excellent choice.

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A New Place (3)

Remember I talked about some of the things I looked for when moving to a new place? In case you missed it, I always try to find out about: running paths, grocery stores, burritos and libraries. I already talked a little about some of the great places to run that I have found. I will also have a list for you pretty soon regarding burritos and grocery stores.

But right now, I want to say that although those staples were and are important to me, here are a few others that I forgot about or have found as well. Sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's gone and sometimes you don't know what you are missing until you find it! In this case we have some examples of both!

Thrift Stores: I am an avid thrift store shopper. NOT a vintage store shopper. This time especially, since we are only living here for a couple of months. We did not want to move stuff from my storage, which is 200 miles away, to then have to just move it back in 10 weeks. Mr. Lovely lives 3000 miles away, so of course there is no point in moving his stuff! So we decided to get by on the bare minimum. With a few trips to the thrift store, we pretty much had all that we needed! Also, not only are the thrift stores plentiful here, but the prices are awesome! (A few to try if you are in the area: Thrift Center, Salvation Army, Bargain Barn) If you are willing to dig a bit, you will find gold. I found a pair of Anne Taylor slacks for $2. (FYI. Other places with good thrift stores? Kansas City and New Orleans.)

Yard Sales: Who knew I would also be a yard sale person. I guess really it's just a step above (or below?) the thrift store. I am sure what doesn't sell at the yard sale will end up at the thrift store, so it's really just cutting out the middle man (and getting a better price to boot!) Mr. Lovely has decided he is an art connoisseur and has gone on a painting buying spree and I picked up four of these seal-able glass jars for $5!

People Watching: I have seen many a beard, deadlock, tattoo, and backpack. I have seen people playing trumpets, saxophones, guitars and a violin while walking down the street (not to mention the percussion groups and bands on the sidewalk). There are 90 year old surfer dudes and 5 year old ones. There are a plethora of Westfalias and Subarus. There are painted vans and motor-homes. There is a guy selling fish tacos from his truck near the beach. There are skateboarders, bikers, surfers, runners, walkers, paddle boarders, unicycle riders and mini motorcycles. There are punk kids and yuppies and everything in between. It's a beach town. It's great. I love it.

Fish tacos and surfing accidents

People Power: Their mission: "We promote the use of bicycles, utility tricycles, bike-trailers, skateboards, walking, and other non-motorized transit. We are committed to helping government, cititzens, and businesses overcome their dependence on the automobile. Our goal is to demonstrate that better alternatives to the car exist, while improving conditions for bicyclists in Santa Cruz County." A little bit hippie? Sure. Do I love it? Yup.

The Weather: I love the weather. On average, it's between 50 and 70. This is great for running and just being outside in general. Also, plants barely need water, as there is plenty of moisture in the air. If I get lazy and don't feel like running in the morning, I can wait. It's awesome!

Farmer's Markets: I am not talking about the froo-froo ones where everything is 3x more than you would normally pay and there are specialty cheeses and oils and other froo-froo stuff and it's filled with a bunch of stiff white people wearing Ferragamos who are feeling all superior because they are buying cherries for $5.99 a pound. I am talking about the ones who picked the fruit are there, letting you taste everything and selling you the stuff mere minutes after it's come from the ground. I am talking about the place where the peaches are still warm, and the whole family is tending the stall and where you can get a bunch of beets or a couple of fat tomatoes for less than a dollar.

These also go hand in hand with Roadside Fruit Stalls. I saw them in New Orleans (Oranges, shrimp. Yes, shrimp) and in Missouri (Watermelon), but I think California is where I have seen the most. Usually you can stop at the actual farm and buy whatever they are growing. You can also stop at the roadside stall where the food is always cheaper than at the market. Oranges, Cherries, Peaches, Kiwis, Pluots (a cross between a plum and an apricot), Olives, Artichokes...the list goes on. They are all grown locally (in most cases mere feet from the seller) and are fresh, cheap and delicious.

Anyway, there are so many more things that I am loving and am finding and am forgetting that I even needed, wanted or loved! But I am remembering the old ones and finding more new things I love!

What do you love about where you live? Have you found something new that you didn't even realize was there and now it's your new favorite thing? Do you have road side fruit stands in your area?

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