Feeding Bluegill On Our Little Lake

We live with a little lake in our backyard.  I do mean little lake.   I call it a pond but all the neighbors call it a lake.











Yesterday, I was eating a couple of crackers while standing out by the lake.  I decided to just throw them in.    Right away the Bluegill hit them.   I could hear them crunching and breaking the cracker off.


Today, I wanted to show my Hubs how fast they hit so I threw in some rye bread pieces.












I couldn't get a picture of the Bluegill but you can see the ripples in the water.  They are there, but very hard to see.

Bluegills are a very comon fish in Pennsylvania.  You can find them in ponds, small lakes, rivers, natural lakes and reservoirs.

Adult Bluegills can run 6 to 8 inches long and usually only weigh 1/4 to 1/2 pound.

Right now a friend is out in our backyard fishing and wants to bring his Grandson.   I told him if we aren't here... just go ahead and fish.   They also want to have a picnic so I told him to take the cover off my patio furniture and make themselves at home. 

Plants For Those Of Us With Brown Thumbs ~ The Spathiphyllum

If you are like me and have a hard time growing house plants,  try  The Spathiphyllum.  It is such an easy plant to grow.  I have gone on vacation for 2 weeks and came back to a wilted plant,... but it picked right up after I watered it.

I know my leaves are turning brown... but hey, there is still more green than brown.  I probably water it more than I should.

They say some of these leaves on this plant naturally turn brown so maybe I can blame it on the plant and not my greenery skills.

Not only does it not require a lot of water, but it doesn't need a lot of light either.

This is the plant I took the other one off of.  In the winter, I leave this one in the basement all winter long with hardly any light and it thrives. 

See how much better it looks than the one I leave in the house.  Maybe I should put them both in the basement during the winter.












This plant also gets white flowers on it, although mine hasn't flowered yet.  Not sure why or what I am doing wrong.   I guess as long as it stays green, I should be happy.

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Why Is It Legal For Charities To Bug Us At Home?

Why is it that a charity thinks they can call anytime of the day or night to ask for a donation?   If you tell them I am on the Do Not Call List, they say we are a charity and exempt from that rule.

Well buddy... you just peed me off and I will NEVER, EVER give to your charity again.  Did I say EVER!!   I mean it too.

I am not a scrooge and I do give locally, but I give to who I want to give, not who you are trying to push me to give to.  What I don't need is  people from who knows where calling me and asking for money.

If you tell them you are eating, they say "I Will Just Take A Minute Of Your Time"

 

If you tell them it is late, they say "I Will Just Take A Minute Of Your Time"

 

If you tell them you don't have time, they say "I Will Just Take A Minute Of Your Time"

 

I have even told them I am in the middle of my favorite Reality TV Show and they still "Want Just A Minute Of My Time"

 

I used to ask them to take my name off their list, but for some reason, it never seemed to get taken off.

 

Now, I just hang up on them the minute I know they are asking for a donation.   Maybe I am rude.... BUT I NO LONGER GIVE A RATS ARSE!!  

 

Guess what?  Just before I went to post this,  I get a knock on my front door.   Who was it? ... The Jehovah Witnesses and they just wanted a few minutes of my time.    I told them I had my own beliefs,  but thank you for stopping by.

 

So now my rant is over!!   I am going to go have myself a snack

 

  Do You Get A Lot Of Phone Calls From Charities Wanting A Donation?

We Were Scammed On Craigslist.com By Lacey Roop ~ Vacation Rental Gone Wrong !

I want to make this very clear up front. Craigslist.com is not to blame.  This was our own stupidity!!
We have rented from others over Craigslist before and never had a problem.  This time we were not so lucky.

We put an ad on Craigslist saying we were looking for a rental home in Kitty Hawk, NC .  This was reported to the Kitty Hawk Police Department.

Here is the email we received from    lacey.roop@yahoo.com

Hi,

Saw your ad and I have a 4bd 2bth cottage that is still available for July near Kitty Hawk. If you are interested I can send you more pics/info!

Thanks so much!

Lacey

There have been many more emails back and forth with Lacey.   She is a compulsive liar

My Hubs did a lot of searching and we found out that Lacey Roop  is very bad news.  In our seach we found she was being brought up on charges on 2/03/13 for issuing a bad check.
Then we found there was a Jury Trial for June 3, 2013 but I think that was cancelled.


We found her Mother, Father, and Brother.
Mother Li--a J
Father Ar--ie

They moved from
--- Howard Roop Lane
Patrick Springs,  Virginia
              To
12 Lupfer Ave
Whitefish, Mt 59937

I think the mother is back living on Howard Roop Lane
Lacey told my Husband that her father died (If we can believe that), I think around April.   If this is true, she probably helped him into his grave by being such a piece of scum.   He most likely died wondering how he could of have spawned someone like this.

For months now, Lacey has told us she is going to make this right... we have all the emails.  She tells us she has mailed us a check, yet we never receive it.   I can't tell you how many times she has supposedly mailed us a check.


Lacey Roop Scams or Attempted Scams
http://www.obxconnection.com/outer-banks-forum/forum-thread.aspx?Thread=71394&Page=1
The above link  is just like what she did to us.  This girl is really scamming a lot of people

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Rental-Scams-in-San-Diego-and-Oceanside-on-Trulia-and-Zillow-and-Postlets/489805/

Here is one my Daughter found that sounds just like what she did to us.

http://rentalscams.org/scam-and-fraud-contact-information/

o    I was recently scammed by two supposed home owners in Key West. Do not rent from either of these individuals:

Lacey Roop – 914 James Street, Key West, FL
Michael Collier – 508 Grinnell Street, Key West, FL

In corresponding with Michael, it became obvious that he was scamming me after the rental agreement he sent was an image – a jpg of a form, that could not be filled out electronically. He also had extremely poor grammar, but he did include references for me to check, which turned out to be totally bogus.

Lacey was quite different. She responded with a very genuine sounding story that she inherited the property from her grandparents and was getting ready to sell it but did not want to leave it empty while they were updating the home. She really had me going. She originally sent me pictures of the outside of the home, the pool, a bathroom and the kitchen. I became suspicious when she couldn’t offer me any pictures of the bedrooms or living areas. I came to find out that the home is listed for sale and is empty. No wonder she couldn’t provide pictures. I found the home on Trulia and contacted the listing agent who confirmed the house was not for rent. Lacey almost had me. Seems these scammers are getting more and more sneaky all the time.

Thank you so much for creating this site. I feel terrible for those that have become victims to these scams and have actually lost money! I encourage folks to report known scams on this site or to the FTC. Stopping just one person from further scams will help us all in the end.

Comment by Karen— December 18, 2012

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Active Rain also has her email listed here as a scammer  http://activerain.com/blogsview/3708641/avoid-rental-scams-ask-to-meet-agent-or-owner-in-buckhead-atlanta-2-

Although the money we lost will not makes us or break us, it does Piss Us Off Royally.   It was quite a lot of money to be honest with you.  What the hell were we thinking????

If anyone knows where Lacey Roop is living, or where she works, please get in touch with us.
Any information is greatly appreciated.  We will not reveal our source, we just want our money back.... thats all.

If you have also been scammed by Lacey Roop, get in touch, maybe we can work together on this.

If you know Lacey Roop, please get in contact with us.
Please Post this to facebook and tweet it please!!

Keeping Herbs From Taking Over Other Plants ~ Growing An Herb Garden

I love growing herbs but sometimes they can spread so much that they take over everything else.   I decided to try something new this year .

 

I thought maybe if I contained my herbs they might not get out of hand.

 

First I cut the bottom out of my pots

Then I dug a hole about the size of my pots

I placed each pot in my hole and filled in around them with dirt.

I next filled each pot with top soil

Then I potted my herbs.

 

 

This is lavender in both pots.  It smells so wonderful.   Lavender is a relaxing herb so I plan on picking this and putting it in my bath with me.

The front pot is peppermint and the back pot is spearmint.  Not sure if I did the right thing by planting them so close together.

I was told that rosemary would grow and thrive even in our Pennsylvania winters, so I planted some of that also.

 

Next I want to try this with my onion and garlic chives and see if I can keep them contained in one space.

If this works, I am going to be planting a lot more herbs around my house.

Do any of you plant herbs?  How do you keep them from spreading?

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