Sentences with phrase «little notes around»

Case in point: When he's going to be out of town for a while, Michael will hide little notes around the house, tucking them in shoes, toiletries, drawers, even the diaper bag — «I want to remind her that I'm thinking of her,» he says.

Not exact matches

Many of the states affected by human - caused earthquakes have acknowledged the phenomenon, but, as The New York Times notes, «state regulators around the country have not gone as far in controlling industry practices as environmental groups have asked, and there is little sign that the new federal findings will goad them to go farther.»

I underlined that paragraph... and drew little stars around it... and wrote a note beside it that said, «Scripture doesn't answer every question.»

This one would make a great little «love note» for my girlfriend who is particularly drawn to the forests and the high hills around Scotland.

Family is a true blessing, and everyone around the table loved these little Traditional Pecan Pie in a jar with the individualized note to each of them.

I thought it would be a fun pun to use Dad's shaving cream to make art, add a special note and create a laminated luggage tag that he can take on the road with him or wrap around his briefcase to take a little visual reminder of how much he's loved everywhere he goes.

One thing to note about coconut sugar is that it has a lower melting point so in a crumble it can burn a little around the edges at regular oven temperatures.

My recipe development process looks a little like this: wander around in everyday life and, when inspiration for a new / awesome recipe strikes, I pull out my phone and write it into a note.

Sarah's Notes: Since this is a bread recipe, you can play around with the whole wheat flour amount, using as much or as little as you want.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

There isn't a television in our house, and no one cares much about the computer (besides Mama)... but these little typing machines are in daily use with all the newspapers and stories and notes that are written around these parts.

Jenna has several ideas about that, noting in particular that kids are more likely to try fruits and vegetables when there aren't other «safer» options around (pizza, etc.), as well as the novelty of the event, peer pressure, and the fact that they got a little extra recess for tasting.

Note that these alternatives are not the best possible choices for your baby to move around and you should only get one if you want to keep an eye on your little one as you do your chores.

Mylee Zschech, a child sleep consultant at Little Big Dreamers, notes that it's also important to do a check in with your toddler, asking yourself why they are running around like crazy.

The report, «The Dirt on Dirt: How Getting Dirty Outdoors Benefits Kids» notes that, «The things small children want to do outside, like building mud castles, splashing around in puddles and rolling down hills... may, in fact, be a grubby little prescription for health and happiness.»

Several lawmakers, who did little more than announce their attendance at roll call when the chambers convened around 1 p.m., noted the absence early on of the governor's mayoral control bill that was the purpose of their return.

The Triassic was a strange time, Gay notes, with «little tiny, puny things running around getting eaten by everything else out there, giant toilet - headed reptiles, strange plant - eating crocodiles with giant pig snouts.

They fit very similarly, but an xs petite had just a little more room for me to move around in, and about an inch longer in length (note: both sizes were a shorter «mini» length on me, and I'm under 5 feet tall).

Note I'm around 5 ′ tall and the top is the right length on me when untucked, so the petites might be a little short on taller ladies.

On completely separate note, things have been getting a little crazy around the Thomas home!

You should definitely look into some of these fun pieces, and start leaving little love notes of hints around the house.

Some of the more colorful recurring characters (Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) have little to do this time around, which further flattens the proceedings and gives the picture a one - note quality.

Reduced by Refn almost to the point of abstraction — it could have been called Notes on a Rehearsal for an Action Movie — Drive may do little to win over multiplex crowds who prefer the fast and furious to the moody and languorous, but it reconfirms Refn as one of the most exciting young directors around, and Albert Brooks (stealing the film as a small - time Jewish gangster with an aversion to loose ends) as a national treasure.

He continued to film in and around St Cleans through the late»60s and early»70s, although little of note beyond a pair of nifty chase sequences with Paul Newman in 1973's The Mackintosh Man.

It hits the same note a little too often, but as long as you know that another subversion is just around the corner, you'll be as thrilled by the movie as I am.

Penelope Houston cited the opening scenes of The Bride Wore Black in summarising the Hitchcock connection with Moreau's character: «In the opening sequence, she is unmistakably playing Marnie: the half - packed suitcase, the neat little piles of bank notes, the doleful parting from mother and sister, and the moment when, having sadly boarded the train on one side, she ducks briskly down on the other and marches back along the platform (Marnie camera angles all around) on her errand of vengeance.»

It feels a little OSCAR season, when the movie begins to revolve around an Epic performance (there's that word again — note the repetitive captialisation in this review), especially as some of the characters, especially Connelly seem to be featured to reflect Noah's traits.

The sentimental and episodic third act compounds the movie's progressively uninvolving atmosphere, and it's disappointing to note that the film has, by the time the abrupt conclusion rolls around, squandered most of the good will generated by its opening stretch - which ultimately confirms Dom Hemingway's place as little more than a showcase for Law's consistently engaging performance.

This let me walk around from group to group and push them a little to get less superficial in their note - taking — to include specific details instead of just making general statements, for instance, or to avoid repeating the same vague comments.

Teachers can easily feel threatened when an administrator sits behind a computer (supposedly taking notes that pick apart each and every aspect of a lesson), so travel around with as little equipment as possible.

Today I wanted to shift gears a little * side note, that pun always cracks me up * We talk about some serious stuff around here.

One editor found it a little too SUV - like, noting other cars sit more below you than around you.

Even the School of Rock Sedona you see here is 100 - percent autonomous, with Kia making it a point to note that autonomous vehicles will eventually haul around our little ones for us to «accommodate their busy lives.»

User removable battery is essential... no matter how large... external charger for the battery and easy availability of spare batteries.A Micro SD card bus with 3 or 4 memory cards operated by a switch... that is also something Samsung should include in its tablets.A seven inch long S.Pen and just a little bit fatter and not so slippery around the stem... that would help to hold it for extra maneourability.Incorporate all the above into the Note tablet essentials and Samsung will have a successful product family for a very long time to come.

Note: Soon after we wrote up this article, we received an email from author Emily Kinney which had us doing a little victory dance around the office: «I've had a Facebook page for my book, The Island of Lote, for a while, but I couldn't post excerpts.

If you have time and are willing to travel around town, you could earn a little side income taking notes for the needy.

He noted he knew little to nothing of the business but used simple calculations to figure out that the annual return on average was around 10 % for the farm and building.

I noted a little while ago that the MER for VWO has actually bounced around a bit, from the 0.30 % in 2006, down to 0.25 % in 2007, and now back up a bit to 0.27 %.

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A note from the foster: Sadie is a sweet little girl who loves treats, attention from humans, and bossing her two brothers around.

Greece sees great temperatures all year round, but do note that at around 35C plus, it could get a little too hot for youngsters during the height of summer.

It's as if the edges of the world have been pulled back a little, and instead of revealing blank white space, they're stuff with intriguing side notes — new characters and side - challenges to play around with.»

The enemy AI actually makes Forest Gump look like Einstein, standing around you in mass numbers and doing little else of any real note (even on the hardest «hell «difficulty setting which is unlocked upon completing the game).

Riley discusses his work and process noting: «I really strive to not have the paintings feel like just compositional games... and maybe in that sense they're talking a little bit more about the life around the artist and the life that we're living right now - present tense - and the art being a by - product of that and not so much the art being made in this cloistered place away from life but in with life.»

3) They sent these satellites up to study IR from the earth, and the effect of CO2, yet at around 11:35 he notes that they can't detect in the most important absorption range of 15 microns and a little to the left of that.

The Norwegians also noted very little ice around Svalbard in the early 1920's so who is to say that this recent decline isn't just part of a longer 80 - 100 year cycle, probably led by changes to ocean currents (which would explain why the Arctic has warmed, unlike the Antarctic continent).

While the authors note the uncertainties and limitations of contemporary climate models — particularly around the timing and intensity of impacts — there is little ambiguity about the responsibility of the oil industry.

I note that on our last little chat about natural variability on Climate Etc, you didn't get around to answering my point that since momma nature was able to cause many big swings in temperature before man ever set fire to coal, she probably still can.

Another little design touch worth noting is that the heart rate sensor around back is flush with the casing, so the watch won't make any red marks or indentations on your wrist if you wear it for a long time.

It's great that we have front - facing speakers on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, but as we noted with the Pixel 2 XL, Google had to play around a little bit with the formula to get these speakers right.