The House Kat

This past Tuesday's Zoom call featured Jim Paulson. Jim shared all sorts of facts about the state of Idaho, and specifically the Boise ID area. As a result of that overview, I thought I'd share something that struck me as interesting.And that is that there are a LOT of similarities between Jim's ...

It's almost the weekend (I didn't want to be late this time!), a time when ActiveRainers share various recipes with the community, and with the BananaTUDES! group.Last night, I made a spinach* quiche and the reason I asterisked the word spinach is because that's what the quiche is called but ther...

It's the weekend, a time when ActiveRainers share various recipes with the community, and with the BananaTUDES! group. I am again one day late but...We typically have some kind of fish on Saturdays; I'm not sure why, but that's just how it turns out. Costco sells rockfish in big bunches, usually ...

It's the weekend, a time when ActiveRainers share various recipes with the community, and with the BananaTUDES! group.In my house, almost every Sunday is pizza night. That's basically my comfort food, well, one of them. I make the sauce, the dough and the actual pizza every week, although if I ma...

This week's Zoom call, led by Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, CFSP  , focused on California. Thomas' love of his state was evident as he talked about various parts of California. Our homework this week was to talk about our takeaway or takeaways from the meeting this week.So first,...

As many who attend the ActiveRain Zoom calls know, using AI to design photos can be a lot of fun. There are many tools and platforms that can be used (free of charge at the moment) to design visuals such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Bing Images and more. The results of prompts can definitely be interestin...

I'm a day late for the weekend, a time when ActiveRainers share various recipes with the community, and with the BananaTUDES! group. But I remembered to take a photo of our Saturday night dinner, and thought our entree would make a good share.I made crab cakes, big huge ones that I served on a po...

Those of you who write blogs on ActiveRain may sometimes wonder why there are no, or only a few, comments on your posts. Besides the obvious reasons regarding quality of subject matter and use of white space and graphics, there may be other explanations for limited comments. So if you often get z...

This week's Zoom call, led by Leanne Smith , focused on Planning for Success. Not only did Leanne share her thoughts on writing out a Value Statement, Vision Statement and Mission Statement, but she also provided tools to use to track goals and results. It was all excellent information for those ...

Liz and Bill Spear wrote a post this morning called "Ask an Ambassador - We're all on Candid Camera". Did you ever see the Candid Camera show? It ran from 1948 through the 1970s, and then would appear from time to time afterwards. The gist was that there would be hidden cameras watching while peo...