Finding Chuck Norris

This isn't really enlightening but it is kind of interesting.

1. Go to google.com
2. In the search bar type "Find Chuck Norris" then click the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
3. When the search results come up, read them carefully.

Have a great weekend everyone and thanks to Jay for showing me this!

PARK DESIGN HOUSE Minimalist

Minimalist garden design

How minimalist design for the home garden?
Park home owners increasingly become the status symbol. Mix & match style house with a garden can produce a unique look and increasingly reflects the owner.

At present, the park houses not only as a mere supplement, but it's getting just as important as architecture and interiors. Even for some people has become a symbol of prestige. The better someone's home garden arrangement, reflecting the social class of owners.

Park in your house. Same personal with home design. It is expected that the design reflects not only personal but also supports the home owner activity and the needs of residents of the space. From the head of the family, wife to the kids.

For example, one of the lifestyle trend now is to hold a garden party with a barbeque in the evening or late afternoon. Of course, we will gladly run this program when we garden with good design, especially at night.

If we have children who are active. Obviously need a roomy place to play. Garden elements such as swings and play ground equipment that other children can we match the garden design.

Certainly many aspects that must be taken into account in designing the park. Although we do get help from the landscaper, still we must pay attention to the important aspects in the design of the park, namely: expansion of existing parks, activities shall be accommodated in the park, the harmony of gardens with buildings.

Like architecture, garden design known in a variety of gardens. What is the type of garden? There are various types of parks are generally known. Distinguished by the cultural background and geographical origin of the development of the park. Differences in composition and animating characters that used the park.

There are so many types of garden that a traditional cultural background and geographical. There's Japanese garden, china garden, garden french, American, English, tropical Bali, a tropical Thailand and Japan, there is a growing garden suitable times, such as garden modern, minimalist and dry garden. Each type reflects a strong character and have different effects lover.

That one architectural style developed today are minimalist. This style emerged after World War II. Nowhere on Those days lots of people's houses destroyed by the war so That the government make a home in modular form (Standard and Poor 'in Aceh now), WHO is easy and cheap workmanship but still with the design well. Key features of this building is a simple form, without ornament and emphasis on function space.

Simple and without ornament is suitable to the spirit and lifestyle during this period. Simple and emphasis on function. Unfortunately in Indonesia, this minimalist style so expensive because it is not made of modules that are available and must be custom made.

Distinctive minimalist building is at least ornament and color who tend to be styled 'industry' is a white, gray and black.

Houses do not have minimalism minimalist garden as well. Mix & match (solid-match) of the various garden-style residential homes can make you look more stylish.

Modern Cat Furniture

This furniture equipped with cushions, colorful machine washable and suitable for tumble drying. If you are interested in modern cat furniture, or even want to buy a cat bed Rondo then you can visit the pet-interiors.de and find all necessary information. Rondo fits as comfortably
as an act of rest and can be used even for very large and heavy cat. This cat bed can be covered by leather, wicker goods, felt and crochet. All of them look very good and can even decorate a room’s interior design. The most interesting collection is named Rondo and consists of a good cat beds are available in wall mounted and free-standing version. The second type is more practical because it can be moved and do not need to damage the wall. For people who have cats and want to make their life very pleasant designer Christel & Otto Meyer offers modern furniture cat adapt to all styles of interior design.

Book Review: Love Must Be Tough

Book Review: Love Must Be Tough: New Hope For Marriages in Crisis by James Dobson

When I told a co-worker recently that I had just read this book, they were amazed. "That's quite the oldy" they said with just a touch of book snobishness. Is it just me or do we expect Christian books to age quickly and gracelessly? Anyway, this is only the second book I've ever ready by Dobson but it somewhat of a classic in marriage counseling circles. So I wondered. . . could this old girl offer anything new for me? I was curious to find out.

Love Must Be Tough turned out to be a very helpful book which I will be recommending to many of my clients who are in tough situations. It goes nicely with Boundaries and Divorce Busting, yet is different enough from each of them to be valuable all on its own. Dobson's book is for those spouses who have bent over backwards to make their partner feel loved and accepted but the only reward they've received has been anger, indifference, infidelity, or abuse. While many people in such reactions adopt a mostly passive role, Dobson actually encourages creating a crisis, arguing that it often the best chance to save the marriage. By being tough and standing up for oneself (and the relationship) you not only protect yourself from further harm but actually make yourself more attractive to your spouse (being a pushover who just "takes it" is not attractive). Whether you spouse is cheating on you, addicted, angry, or abusive the best chance you have is to avoid the natural tendency to panic and then appease a person who is disrespecting you. Or as Dobson says:

"Nothing destroys a relationship more quickly then for a person to beg for mercy."

If you know someone who is stuck in a terrible relationship and trying to appease an abusive or indifferent spouse then this is a book for them to strongly consider reading. The action of standing up for oneself and forcing a crisis is a big decision and for many they need the encouragement and discernment of someone outside the situation (like a friend, minister, or counselor) to assist them. But in almost all cases it is the only real way to give things a chance. This book is a great introduction and inspiration to add tough love to one's repetoire of relational tools. I'd rate it 4.4 out of 5 ninja stars.

Home Interior Design With Wood

Home interior design with wood materials. Minimalist design in the house

"Try"

Do.
Or do not.
There is no try.
- Yoda

Warning: This post may land on you harshly as I may crush one of your most cherished defense mechanisms so if you aren't at a good place to be challenged - skip this post! If not, steel thyself and continue reading.

I was listening to a tape series on solution focused counselling a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. The speaker worked with angry adolescents and had a very practical approach. One of the things that I remembered (and which we talked about in my small group last night) was the word "try." This speaker said that the words we use are very important. For instance, when we say the word 'but' what we really are saying is "whatever I said previous to 'but" isn't what I believe to be true, what I say after 'but' is what I really think is true (I catch myself doing this all the time by the way).

The same is very true of the word "try." According to this therapist, when we say "I tried" what we really mean is that "I chose not to _______." We use 'try' to justify to ourselves or to others that we did our best but were overcome by circumstances, our lack of self control, the futility of challenging fate, etc. It's a word we use to try to tell people we want to change but aren't. The truth is that we didn't really "try," we choose not to do the things we tell ourselves we want to do. When I tell people "I'm trying to get to bed at a decent time but haven't been successful" what I really mean is "I chose not to go to bed at a decent time." When we tell people we are trying to spend more time with our kids what we are really saying is "I'm choosing not to spend more time with our kids."

At our small group we were discussing this interesting concept and I said "When we say 'I am trying to lose weight' what we really mean is we are choosing not to do what it takes to lose weight.' " At this point I was warned to be careful! Here is where we get sensitive. "Mark," you may say, "You don't know how hard it is to ______, I really am trying." It is true, what you may be "trying" to do may be extremely difficult and sometimes we can't change certain things in our lives. I simply point out to you that when you use the word 'try' you probably aren't being honest with yourself. We use "try" as a means to protect ourselves from the truth. The harsh reality is that we all have free will to choose our own destiny or accept where we are at. The behaviors we choose (or don't choose) determine that reality.

Alas, the truth is the truth no matter how we try and phrase it. If you are 'trying' to stop a bad habit (or addiction), lose excess weight, be a better spouse, not get mad at your kids, plant a garden, etc and it's not working then perhaps it's time to admit the truth. To say you 'tried' means you chose not to do what it actually takes. Personally I find this truth to be freeing. I can keep 'trying' to stop a bad habit (even for several years as I look for compassion for others) or choose the difficult new behaviors necessary to rid myself of it. You can too.

This is fairly radical thinking. What do you think of it?

Minimalist Design Style House Widely Used

Minimalist Home Design

Architect Design minimalist house developed very rapidly in recent years. We met many people who wanted to use a minimalist style to follow fashion. Usually those who like to force the youngsters, an executive with a dynamic lifestyle, urban lifestyle, and all kind of simple, neat and elegant and this express themselves.

very clear and nothing wrong if the force is not only one of the main architectural styles, but also answers the times are getting "the most out of something at least." These funds may be construction of a minimal, or even a lifestyle that is minimized. various reasons ejected, this force was used because of limited funds, but it can still be reversed limitations of trend following. yes legitimate reason, but there is another sniper stance-a stance that could reduce the cost to be affordable.

Check out the look of the Home Design Minimalism without excessive ornamentation, no trinkets, wearing materials exposed impressed with what is "honest" in appearance, not "lebay". Bak is an executive job with the look of a clean, neat, elegant, practical and express themselves, and for many people this is fun.

There is a reason that this style is one of the main form of protest by the followers understand minimalism on the exploitation of natural resources in an all-out used in vain. There is also that suggests that this "back to basic" because when the incidence in the United States is considered a very positive of a modern movement.

Design Your Staircase & Decorating Ideas

Set your home a-bloom with flowery inspirations from the Deko Collection by Cast. By inserting top-quality Kvadrat design fabric between plates of stratified tempered glass, Cast has created a staircase that gives the impression of an ascending or descending garden with every step you take. By harnessing the original aesthetics of the staircase, the Deko Collection gives a new stylistic interpretation of space to living areas. These delicate bouquets aren’t limited to staircases – Cast also offers these verdant designs in pictures, decor and other delightful ideas that will brighten any home. Also available are matching accessories such as limited edition glass fiber vases and chairs adorned with delicate, hand-crafted embellishments.

Amazing Interior Penthouse

This duplex penthouse has an amazing corner position with dramatic diagonal views of the San Francisco’s downtown. These views are framed in discontinuous groupings of conventional double hung windows within openings that are painted in grey and blue colors. These openings visually blends with the actual skyline very well. There are two living
zones in the duplex. A darker inner one, lined with natural materials – walnut paneling and banquettes upholstered in deep blue mohair – defines the entry, stairwell and second floor pool/guest room. A bright outer zone, lit by windows, defines the double height corner living/media room and kitchen/dining area on the first floor and the master bedroom suite above. It’s contrasting neutral palette of white and grey synthetic materials – concrete, fritted-glass, and stainless and powdercoated steel – focuses attention on the “sky zone” that frames city views.

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Interior Penthouse

Rock-n-Roll Furniture

Two very creative young Italian designers have launched a new brand – Rocket. They’ve already created several cool products, which could be very interested for those people who like unusual things and don’t afraid to experiment with their interior designs. This collection especially fits for music and retro style fans. All items are inspired by different elements of rock-n-roll and disco culture. For example you could decorate your room by the awesome coffee table made in shape of one of the main symbols of freedom and independence – guitar. There are also cool bookshelves, cloth hangers and trays available. All of them could enrich any modern room design and create an amazing and original ambience.

Tropic Minimalist Home Design Architecture in Indonesia

Tropic Minimalist Home Design Architecture in East Java, Indonesia

The architectural design minimalist house at home is not difficult as the size. We can make some small areas look even bigger then actual size. In Malang, East Java, Indonesia, several small houses adapt to minimize the architectural design tropical house. It uses some of gardening, wall color composition, texture and some home decor.

Minimalist House Design

Minimalist home decor could use some elements such as the use of a small gate, textured floors and gardening. minimalist home architecture design is not really good in the tropical climate. The cause of the high temperature makes the house hotter than a bigger house. But, if the small house architectural design to adapt good air circulation, it will affect the heat problem.

architecture necessary for a small area of the house. It can explore a small area appear larger than it is real.

Uber Lounge Chair

Here's a lounge chair to die for. Look at its angular finish, it makes the chair look supe stylish. I love the texture of the weather resistant Raucord fibres which means that you can put this baby anywhere including out in the open. The chair might look bulky but it is very mobile with the two small wheels attached to it. This lounger looks like it is mainly meant for some sun bathing and for that it has storage area to hold your towels, magazines, sunblocks, accessories, etc. You get the idea. If you want it to look extra cool and want the option of having some shade in the hot summer days, you can add a canopy to it. The cushion is optional as well. The mocha colour it comes in is uber awesome to look at.

Simply Elegant Minimalist Home Design

Simply Elegant Minimalist Home Design

Only a few plans to start building a house of minimalist elegance. We started small so that we can focus on quality. As we grow our commitment is to always represent the only plan that offers high-quality design inside and out. Architectural styles we offer will usually be a modern, livable house interpretation of American Classics. Unique house plans and sophisticated yet simple design of the house like Country, Craftsman, Bungalow, Shingle Style, Cape Cod, Cottage, Colonial and Farmhouse. Can not find the plan you're looking for? Please drop us a note with your suggestions or our custom design one for you.

Creating a Minimalist Home Design That Embodies "The Luxury of Enough"

Creating a minimalist home design that embodies "the luxury of enough" | Minimalist House Design

Why Houses Minimalist?
Many Americans long for a simple life and there are so many books and guides to help us find it in their daily routine and in the workplace. However, most of us are unpracticed in explaining to others (or even ourselves) what a simple house or a minimalist for a truly life would look like. We feel that there is something missing in our hurried routines, but we do not know where to start editing the complexity.

In my book, we began a simple exploration of the 21 homes across the country and the experiences of people who built them. The houses and their owners travel offers an interesting counterpoint to the way most people buy a new home developers in the market today.

Pathways to Home Search
21 houses are arranged in six lines that people use simple ask what really matters to them well in their lives and homes. Ranging from saving for flexibility in design, this track can help you consider your own home and how to simplify it. Roads are as follows:

Simple and minimalist design of the house is enough - A house is minimalist and simple is a positive affirmation of "the luxury of simply" By this we mean that a simple home design begins with finding out how much you really need and what you can eliminate .. Luxury of sufficient means to face the fact that you really do not need eight-burner stove and a larger kitchen for the house. Forty years ago, the utility used to be a bad word in home design. In the 1950s rambler, the utility room is not really a showplace for our guests. But today, many utilitarian buildings such as warehouses and an old barn, is a highly desirable location for new housing and work space. They are designed for pure function for storage and industry, but this time they worked brilliantly for the open-plan living. They offer the luxury of living in a world apart.

simple, minimalist home is often a rectangular, sometimes square, and was always "enough," whether in terms of dormers, the number of bathrooms, or square recordings. At this point, we visit homes that reflect their owners choosing to live instead of images they want to present to the street. This design for "adequate" appear deceptively simple because they really grew out of a lot of careful decision making.

100 Year Old Woman's First Computer is an iPad

Since the release of the iPad (in the US anyway - the Canadian release isn't until the end of May), we've seen all sorts of unlikely computer users playing with the new device. Now a new video of a 100-year-old woman using her iPad though is both heartwarming and inspiring.

100-year-old Virginia suffers from glaucoma, so the iPad's zoomable screen is ideal for her to read books (she's read 2 already) and write limericks (she's composed 12). Her children and grandchildren realized that this was cool enough to share on the internet and posted a video of the centenarian iPad fan to YouTube, including one of Virginia's limericks. I'm not sure what impressed me more; the fact that someone who is 100 could find Apple's iPad that easy to use or the fact that someone who is 100 is still composing poetry! Enjoy.



Here is a quick note from Virginia's family:
We, Virginia’s family, wish to say this video was made within minutes of her receiving her iPad. ? She quickly caught on to how to read and write on it, activities which were impossible before. She cannot read large print books any longer as her glaucoma prevents this. Glasses are useless. She loves to read and is a avid poet, now writing many many limericks for fun. She does not bend over the iPad, as you see in this video, but now puts it on several pillows.

Losing and Winning At The Same Time

“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people."
-Spencer Johnson

I want to talk about a professional golfer for a minute. No, not that golfer. I'm talking about a lesser known guy by the name of Brian Davis. Davis has been in the trenches of the professional golf world without winning a major PGA tour event and I wouldn't be surprised if you had never heard of him.

Luck was with Davis on April 18th when for the first time he was within spitting distance of winning his first ever PGA tour event. Up against Jim Furyk, they were both down to the wire on the final hole. Davis's approach shot on the first hole of the playoff bounced off the green and fell into some weeds. When he tried to punch the ball up onto the green, his club may have grazed a stray weed on his backswing.

Unfortunately hitting any material around your ball during your backswing constitutes a violation of the rule against moving loose impediments, and is an immediate two-stroke penalty. And in a playoff situation, that means, in effect, game over.

Amazingly no one saw what happened except one man: Davis. And so he actually called the violation on himself. "It was one of those things - I thought I saw movement out of the corner of my eye," Davis said. "And I thought we’d check on TV, and indeed there was movement." Immediately after the shot, Davis called over a rules official, who checked the video replays and confirmed the movement -- but movement which was only visible in slow-motion.

This guy is my hero.

As soon as the replays confirmed the violation, Davis conceded the victory to Jim Furyk, who was somewhat stunned -- but, make no mistake, grateful for the win. "To have the tournament come down that way is definitely not the way I wanted to win," Furyk said. "It’s obviously a tough loss for him and I respect and admire what he did." Indeed, Davis said afterwards that he was sure of the violation and wouldn't have been able to live with himself if it wasn't.

Such integrity. In an age where people are almost expected to cheat, it is a breath of fresh air. For six years the Englishman turned Florida resident has been trying to win one on this side of the pond. He could have pretended he never saw the club graze the reed, and taken the chance no one else saw it either. But he didn't. The truth was more important then then the fame and money. I think we can all learn from this inspiring act of . . . honesty. Well done Brian Davis, my hat is off to you.

Minimalist House Design of Wood

Example of minimalist design of the wooden houses. Design by http://minimalist-home-designs.blogspot.com/

Taxed Out

Oh I hate doing taxes. For the past few days I've started doing them and then when the anxiety gets to me, I put them aside. But tomorrow I have to go see my accountant so I've run out of procrastinating room. Time to buckle down.

The reason I hate them so much is because of the complexity of the task. Many people are details oriented but I'm not. I am a "big picture person" and proud of it. Trying to figure out what receipts I need to save and having to divide up my expenses between me and Jobina is just intolerable to me. Add in investments, the fact that I'm somewhat self employed and it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Yuck.

There are a few interesting things though about going through all your receipts; it's like a detailed journey through your entire last year. The Bible says that where your heart is, there your treasure will be also. Not wanting to take that too out of context, yet it appears that my heart was at Subway and Jobina's was at Starbucks (I was completely shocked by the number of Starbuck's receipts - she must be going there every other day!). Of course I was pleased to see where our charitable giving was as well. Another thing I noticed was how much money was for receipts for "romantic things" like nights out, dinner, movies, flowers, retreats etc. - this is a number I'd like to increase more for next year. Also, apparently I like our vehicle because we put WAY too much money into that (more then half it's value!).

How is your tax prep going? Do you procrastinate like me or have you had it done for months?

Minimalist House Plan Design by Craftsman

Minimalist House Design

Simple and minimalist design house plans directly from the many houses have been built.

This has been one of the most popular of the Craftsman home design and shown here has been slightly modified from the plan first, modifications and improvements that have been suggested by different people who have built homes, so they are all very valuable as a result of practical experience. Although the picture shows the patch walls and foundations of field stone, the design lends itself quite as easily to a wall of brick or stone, or even for shingles or clapboards, if a wooden house as desired.

Outside the kitchen at the back is only recommended if the house built in this country, because in that city would not be necessary. In such a farmhouse outside the kitchen because it affords the easiest place for outdoor work such as laundry and ironing, canning, preserving and other tasks much less tedious if done in the open. The position of the chimney at the rear of the house to allow the stove to be placed on the porch he was to use it. This house was designed so that the kitchen in the vicinity may be added to or removed, as desired, without making any difference to the overall plan. Plan of the lower story shows the composition of ordinary open Craftsman houses. The entrance opens into the small entries are filtered from the living room by portieres weight, so no draft from the front door is felt on the inside.

Home Design Ideas

Home design interior: Outside the living room wall is a fireplace and bookshelves settings, as shown in the picture. A large table was placed in the middle, settle for it by coming back and facing the fire.

Floor Plans minimalist home design

Floor Plans simple home design

Creative Modern Kitchen

What inspires a creative meal? Creative kitchen designs, of course! And they don’t come much more creative then these cool kitchens by Lago. An explosion of bright, cheerful colors, countertops and cabinets expressed in array of hues. Sleek, cool lines
and modular design define these kitchens, offering lots of storage solutions in the form of pullout draws, cabinets and pantries. Balanced on clear inserts or mounted on the wall, these designs give the impression that they are hovering off the floor. To ensure it becomes the most used room in the house, these kitchens allow you and the family not just to cook and eat, but work on the computer, or keep the cook company at the fashionable breakfast bar.
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