Friday, October 31, 2014

Halloween Pt 3!

Happy Halloween to all the Ghouls and Goblins out there today. I do have more pictures to share with you today on Halloween and I hope everyone enjoys them. Here they are-
                 This picture was taken at Harvest View Estates Trailer Park in Union Grove Wi.
                 This picture was taken at Harvest View Estates Trailer Park in Union Grove Wi.

                 This picture was taken at Harvest View Estates Trailer Park in Union Grove Wi.

                 This picture was taken at Harvest View Estates Trailer Park in Union Grove Wi.

                 This picture was taken at Harvest View Estates Trailer Park in Union Grove Wi.

                                          This picture was taken on Main Street in Racine Wi. 

                                           This picture was taken on Main Street in Racine Wi. 

                                          This picture was taken on Main Street in Racine Wi.  

I hope that you are all going to have a very nice Halloween. This is the end of my Halloween pictures to share with everyone and I hope everyone enjoys them.

Four for Fridays

Hello everyone and welcome back! The week has been flying by, thanks to the day off yesterday. I needed that.... So, here's your questions...

1) Given the time and resources to go anywhere in the the lower 48 states to shoot photographs for two weeks, where would you go?

2) Who would you rather be, Superman or Batman?

3) What restaurant do you think is overrated?

4) What is the most unusual costume you have ever seen?

Enjoy your weekend!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Press Release

From Racine Community Media:
From Racine Equality Project:


"The Racine Equality Project is asking for an independent audit of various City Of Racine Departments, via an online petition and asking what, where and how specifically, Racine residents money is, and has been, being spent. Also asking to have residents questions and concerns specifically addressed. Racine Equality Project is asking to open the city books to the residents and community of Racine, and encouraging residents to sign and distribute the online petition. With positive community involvement, we can all help, 'Save Racine.' Visit The Link Below And Sign Today!" 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-asking-for-an-independent-financial-audit

Halloween Pt 2!

I am going to try to get as many Halloween pictures on here as I can by Friday. I have a lot to share with everyone. Here are some pictures from the street that Drew grew up on Virginia St Racine Wi-









I hope everyone really enjoys the pictures and there is still more to come. Have a great day all the ghouls and goblins!

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my ghouls and goblins!  Boo!  How are you?  Are you running through the leaves and jumping into the piles?  Or are you stuck with raking them up?  One of the things I’ve always hated is getting all of the leaves into a big pile and then the wind blows them away before I can put them in trash bags. 

Such duties are Junior and Señor Zanza’s problem now.  What I really miss from my youth is the smell of burning leaves.  We’re not allowed to burn them in the city of Racine anymore, so we take bags of them to a remote location and have a bonfire. Sometimes, a steaming, red hot, bed of coals is constructed for the nutjobs.  They make the beds of hot coal to walk over without shoes to prove their belief in something or the other.  Oh my. 

I read about the layoffs to come at CNH.  That’s sad, just very sad.  Right in the middle of the winter holiday season.  What a kick to the groin.  I’ll pray for all.  Make use of every resource the city and county have to offer.  You may get a better job.

Personally, 2014 was rotten. It wouldn’t need much to improve.

Packersly, their last game was  rotten.  They have a bye week now, correct?  I hope they use the time wisely.

In the Irregular Football League, Mme. Zoltar is holding down OrbsCorbs in last place.

Need help?  Yes, you do: MadameZoltar@jtirregulars.com 

The days shorten  Bah, I spit on winter.  Won’t make any difference anyway. Hagiology

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

What's on the Menu!

I am so sorry I have not posted any new recipes for a very long time. I feel so bad since I am the one that started this and I really want to keep up with posting new recipes every week and I promise I am going to try my best to keep posting my recipes to share with everyone.

The one I am going to post today I can not tell you how many times I have made this for Drew and his son they just love this so much. Drew told me the first time I made this it taste just like a Reese's cup.

                                                Peanut Butter Pie

1-8 ounce package of cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1- 9 inch graham cracker pie shell
1 package reese cups

Mix cream cheese, vanilla and sugar very well. Then add the peanut butter and mix well. After that fold in the whipped topping and mix very well.

Fill pie shell with the peanut butter mixture and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Before you serve this place reese cups around the top of the pie.

If you want something that everyone will love for a desert this is the pie to serve. I can make this every weekend and Drew would be in heaven. I have made this for Drew and his son for their birthday's and that was the last time I have made them.

I hope everyone enjoys this recipe for their families.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Localy Loyalty - input please!

Good morning!
Today, I am asking for your input. 
The places I have found, I feel, cover all kinds of businesses.
So many more businesses are still yet to be discovered.
If there any kind of place you'd like me to find, that I haven't yet?
If it's on my list of places yet to contact, I will bump it to the top.
Are you having trouble finding a certain kind of business?
Maybe it's an area you'd like to find a good business in. 
In the future, I plan on expanding to Union Grove and other Racine counties. I still have many right here, with Calendonia in the works.
How can I help?
Thanks!

Sunday, October 26, 2014

"County to City: Pay Up or Lose Joint Dispatch"

From Racine County Eye:

By Heather Asiyanbi in Breaking · October 25, 2014

"Racine County Friday filed a Notice of Claim against the City of Racine for unpaid bills for joint dispatch service.

"Racine and the villages of Caledonia, Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant in 2010 entered into an agreement with the county for joint emergency dispatch services. Under the terms of the contract, each community makes a quarterly payment for 10 years; on the first of January, April, July and October.

"The city’s payments total $350,474.75 each quarter, but according to the Notice, as of Friday Racine had not yet paid two 2014 invoices and doesn’t intend to pay them.

“'On September 22, 2014, the City stated its position that although it too was satisfied with the services delivered under the contract, it does not intend to pay two outstanding quarterly invoices,' the Notice reads."

Read more:  http://racinecountyeye.com/2014/10/25/county-puts-city-notice-re-unpaid-joint-dispatch/

"The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage"



I keep thinking that Ebola Cola would be a great name for a soft drink.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

"Play The Game! Kickbacks and Lies From Racine Director Of City Development Brian O’Connell"

From Racine Exposed:


"From  the City of Racine Website, describing one of Brian O’Connell’s responsibilities: Development Regulation is the administration of the city’s development controls in such a manner as to maintain and increase property values…."

Read more:  http://racineexposed.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/play-the-game-kickbacks-and-lies-from-racine-director-of-city-development-brian-oconnell/

Halloween 2014 Pt 1!

I went out yesterday afternoon to get some Halloween pictures to share with everyone. I just want to let you know I found a lot of really nice places to go and see Halloween decorations.

When I went to my doctors appointment the other day I was looking to see if I could find some places to go and get pictures when I got the car on Friday and I found a couple. Then I just started to drive around on Friday afternoon and kept finding different decorations and kept taking pictures. When I got home to and downloaded the pictures I had taken over a hundred pictures I could not believe I took that many because it didn't' seem like I took that many. Here are some of the pictures I took-

                                             This picture was taken on 16th St. in Racine Wi.

                                             This picture was taken on 16th St. in Racine Wi.

                                      This picture was taken on Blue River Ave in Racine Wi.

                                             This picture was taken on Taylor St in Racine Wi.

                                            This picture was taken on Taylor St. in Racine Wi.

                                            This picture was taken on Taylor St. in Racine Wi.

                                  This picture was taken on Country Lane in Elmwood Park Wi.

                                     This picture was taken on Daisy Lane in Elmwood Park Wi.

I hope everyone enjoys the picture and a lot more to come over the next week. I will just let you know that there are some really good ones coming up to share with everyone.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Eclipse Images

Just a quick post with a few of my eclipse images from yesterday...anyone there see it?




Four for Fridays

Hello everyone and welcome back! It has been a rather quick week for me.... The stress has seems to be relieved, but still I'm looking forward to the weekend. Anyways, here's your questions...

1) How often do you take naps?

2) What do you prefer, X's or O's in Tic Tack Toe?

3) What poker games do you know how to play?

4) If you could replace a body part for something bionic (think "Six Million Dollar Man"), what body part would that be?

Enjoy your weekend!

Live Stream of Today's Partial Solar Eclipse From Kitt Peak

Kitt Peak just announced a livestream of today's partial solar eclipse. It is already live even though the eclipse won't start for a few hours. You can find it at https://sites.google.com/site/mcmathpierceeclipse/home

Of course you need eclipse shades or #14 welders glass to view it safely. Or you can try pinhole projection. Pro-tip I saw on facebook this morning...a Ritz cracker works great! I assume this was taken during a previous eclipse...and yes, I am going to buy some Ritz crackers to try it!


Allergies??


Yup, it's that time of year again, 
with the falling leaves, comes ground mold, 
fun stuff ahead!

Open Blog - Thursday


If only I could keep it that simple.

Word Verification on Commenting

When I first checked the blogs today, I got a prompt in the comment area to type in words to prove I'm not a bot.  I got the same prompt from all blogs.  I checked our settings. Word verification was off.  I turned it on, then off again.  That didn't help.  Then I realized that I get the prompt only when I'm not signed in.  I signed in, and the prompt disappeared. 

I think this is another anti-bot measure.  I just wish Blogger would give us some notice of changes. 

Or maybe it's a screw-up, but it's not our screw-up.

Dear Madame Zoltar


Hello, my tooty-cutey friends!  How are you?  Every week, more leaves hit the ground and it gets a little cooler.  After New Years, I’d like to be put into a medically induced coma until outside temps are in the 60’s again.  I’m reading and hearing so much contradictory information on the coming winter.  We’re either going to die in the grip of a monstrous weather system, or not.

No one knows what’s going to happen with the weather, not even I, Madame Zoltar®.

I dislike the waning of the daylight.  I think it leads to depression.  The shortest day of the year is almost two months away and I’m already going stir crazy.  Getting older just makes it more difficult. 

And, of course, the waning of the daylight means cooler and cooler temps.  Winter - bah, humbug!

Junior’s going crazy over what character he should be for Halloween.  He always gets worked up like this, gets a sugar buzz from a few of the candies and then he crashes.  I suggested that he go as the Polar Vortex, but he’s afraid he may be attacked.  I don’t plan on attending every little and last party that Junior takes part in.  He grows from these experiences.

Our powerful Green Bat Packers took apart the Carolina Panthers last weekend.  This Sunday, October 26, at 7:30 PM, at the New Orleans Saints, the Packers will continue their climb to the top.

In the Irregular Football League, Mr. hale-bopp’s Half Astrophysicists still top the league.  I wonder if he’s using some super-computer to pick out his players.

Than you all for stopping by to read my blog.  It makes me feel wonderful if I help someone.

Take your problems to: MadameZoltar@jtirregulars.com

I love you all, my dears.  Stay safe and warm.  Instead of turning up the heat, we should huddle together under blankets. Taedium vitae!

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

"RACINE VS. KENOSHA!!!!! THE TALE OF TWO BUDGETS"

From Racine Community Media:

"THE CITY OF KENOSHA IS OPERATING AT $5 MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN RACINE, WITH A POPULATION OF 30 THOUSAND MORE RESIDENTS!!!!!!"

Rwad more: http://racinecommunitymedia.tumblr.com/post/100599524233/racine-vs-kenosha-the-tale-of-two-budgets

Fall Colors Pt 3!

I am sorry I have not posted any Fall pictures lately. I have been really busy with all my doctor appointments and physical therapy. Then we had to get ready to go up north for our Grandson's 2nd Birthday party and visit with our families with in a couple of days. With all of the driving by the time we had gotten home I just wanted to go to bed and stay there for about a week I was just so tired. Yesterday I just felt like I was still driving at times.

I do have some really nice Fall pictures to share with you from up north. Yes there was still just a little bit of colors out in place up there. Here they are-

This picture was taken on Hwy 47 just outside of Black Creek in Wi. I stopped the car to take pictures and my daughter goes to me seriously.

This picture was taken on Cty Rd Dd in Pickeral in Wi. I took this picture because I thought it was really pretty with the light.


This picture was taken on Hwy 55 in the Menominee Reservation in Wi. I just like how the tree crosses over the road.

This picture was taken on Hwy 55 in the Menominee Reservation in Wi. I just love all the different colors on the tops of the trees.

This picture of the Tamarack Trees was taken on Hwy 52 in Lily Wi. This is right along side a bike and snowmobile trail.

This is on Cty Hwy W in Oconto County in Wi. This is by my mom's old house. I stopped on top of a hill to get this picture.

I hope everyone enjoys the pictures as much as I do going out and getting the pictures. I do have more from up north I will share with you another week. Have a good week everyone!