As Thanksgiving approaches, I am not sure what I am going to be able to make for dinner without an oven or stove. Our kitchen remodel is moving forward nicely, but we will not be ready until late December.
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite meals to make..and I absolutely love making stuffing! (and eating stuffing too). It won't be the same without a turkey..
..toast, popcorn & jellybeans ;o)
- OK: #havebeer #listeningtophillipglassstation #amwriting #
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According to the Holy Bible, God created the Mankind to their image and likeness (Genesis 1,26) Personally I think such Biblical paragraph refers to the characteristic that makes us different from the rest of animals, specifically such characteristic refers to our ability of thinking. I don't believe in physical likeness between God and us, but I do believe in our similar ability to create things coming from our intelligence, I do believe in our ability to focus our thoughts toward concrete objectives and our capacity of being able to carry out them. A simple comparison would be enough. According to the Bible God created the skies and earth and the whole universe. The Mankind made cars, airplanes, heating, computers, space crafts, and much more. Who else could make some things like those? You and I are part of the same mankind that has transformed completely the world we living in. Such power of creation and transformation the mankind has, is present in each one of us, we are all sharing it! So, Why, in the heck, should we have to suffer daily life frustrations? Aren't we too much more than that? Of course we are! We are too much more than any other alive being in this world! Therefore it is not acceptable under any point of view that you or I have to live with some kind of frustration. The small events of our lives should not be enough to collapse us in any kind of frustration. You and I deserve a worthy life! Life is to enjoy, not to suffer it! You and I and any other person have a spark of the divinity that we can use, to our pleasure, to CREATE US a better life. If we were able to create; with thoughts as fundamental tool, things like airplanes, mobile phones, and computers; then we also should be able of creating a life of peace and calm for ourselves, without frustrations. Don't you believe it? If most of the people didn't make it yet it is simply because they have not been devoted to. Most of the people live crawled by daily routines imposed by the mankind's industrial development: home-work-home. Few people have stopped to THINK what they could really make with their lives. Among them is Napoleon Hill who wrote the "Think and Grow Rich" book, more recently is Robert T. Kiyosaki with his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and among them we can find several other people that have known the secret of being forged a healthy life for themselves. I believe we don't need to be genius to realize which secret all of them have discovered and have learnt to apply to their own lives: The Real Power Of Thoughts and their influence in our daily routines, in our habits, in our state of mind, in our mood, in our answers to adverse situations,... however, how many of the people that have read books like those of Napoleon Hill and Robert Kiyosaki have put in practice their teachings? How many had the perseverance of putting in practice their teachings for more than a couple of weeks? Does a better life does not worth a little more effort on our behalf? Have you, dear reader, read those books? Have you put in practice their teachings until achieving real results in your life? Or, on the contrary; have you gave up early as many others in a weak intent to change your life? FINAL WORDS. We like it or not, sooner or later we will have to give to our thoughts the importance they deserve. Sooner or later we will have to learn how to make them to work for us, in our benefit. I already did it, and you, dear reader, when will be the right time for you to do it? I summarized the whole process in 3 simple steps easy to apply that gave me amazing results. If you like you can find them in my book "How YOU Can Overcome Frustrations In An Easy, Cheap & Simple Way." That would be a good investment you could do for yourself. What are you waiting for to change your life for good? I think, with humbleness, that NOW is the right time for you to change your life. NOW is the right time for you to build a better life for you. NOW is the right time to leave frustrations behind.
- Guys, I'm going to watch As The World Turns during my lunch break. Why? Because my UNCLE is on it. Best. Ever. #
- I want to read: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Noth... by M.T. Anderson - bit.ly/uC8Jv #
- 18242, w/ radical reorganization. It's coalescing, unlike last attempt. Phillip Glass pandora station is perfect for writing. #nanowrimo #
- Paul is singing Lion King songs to prove that he's going to delete his facebook account. #
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The U.S. Public Health Service ongoing study of the lifelong effect of health within the population of the United States had recorded the chances of heart disease developing among the different categories of people. Epidemiological research is the study of circumstances that is causing the health and illness of populations. The research are able to determine groups of people in the high risk zone even before they showed any signs or symptoms. The study have identified a group with the highest risk as being a male, with the age of over 35, a cigarette smoker, having a history of high blood pressure, maintaining a high levels of some types of blood fats and having a family history of cardiovascular complications. To add to that list, some researchers have included the uncontrollable, hard-driving and extremely anxious personality as another risk factor. The bigger the amount of severity, the higher the person's total risk. There are two fundamental categories for these warning signs. First are those that are not in the control of the individual such as sex, age and heredity. The second one are the ones that is controllable, avoidable or even can be eliminated. It is among those within the second classification are what cardiologists term as "the triple threats". "The triple threats" category consist of cigarette smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol level in the blood. Whenever a smoker puffs a pack of cigarettes per day, their risk of getting a heart attack is about twice that of a non-smoker. What is worse if you smoke, living with hypertension and consume food with enormous amount of fats without any exercise at all, the risk that you put yourself in is five times more than the normal people. Now if this risk criteria are causing heart's health to be in danger then what will improves its well-being and better the odds of being functioning long and well? It is definitely obvious that giving up smoking and eating nutritious diet that is low in fats will help you. Nonetheless, the next best action that you can provide for your heart's sake is to supply it with what it needs naturally and if you had guessed consistent exercise sessions or a complete cardio interval training then you are right. What we know about the heart is that it consists of a group of muscles and it is no different to the muscles of the arms and legs. These limb muscles are strengthened and improved with regular exercise and it will no doubt boost the health of the heart muscles too. Many prominent statistical studies since the World War II have assessed the dependency between physical exercise and cardiovascular disorders. There is a famous survey which compared over 30,000 drivers and conductors of a few bus companies. The drivers who are mostly in a sedentary sitting position had a very much higher rate of heart disorders than the conductors. The conductors had the chance to roam around the buses and climbed stairs to get to the top level of a double decker buses. Another fine experiments involving dogs with coronary arteries that are surgically narrowed to mimic a human arteriosclerosis can clarify the why and how behind those statistics. Compared with inactive dogs, those that are allowed to exercise had a healthier blood flow. A new development between the connections of the imperfect and almost normal blood vessels seems to be stimulated by the workout. This mean dogs that are exercised had a healthier blood supply provided to the muscle tissue of the heart. Looking at the human heart, it reacted exactly in the same fashion to transport blood to the part that was ruined by the heart attack. The heart uses a new tiny blood vessels for a process called collateral circulation so that it can go about healing the damaged heart muscle. These latest branches on the arterial tress are able to appear a long before a heart attack. If the new structure can take over efficiently the function of the narrowed vessels then heart attack can be avoided. Gathering all of this facts, what action can we take to avoid such predicaments? In constructing these subsidiary pathways, some studies have found that moderate workout a few times a week is more efficient for the task than an intensely vigorous workout done two times that frequency. More supporting researches concluded that there are proven connection between exercise and a healthy heart based from the data that shows the group that do not exercise had almost 50% higher risk of heart attack than the other control group of people. The cause of a third of that danger, according to the study, is due to sedentary lifestyle alone. Thus by getting involved in cardio interval workout, you can be sure to achieve positive development not only on aspects that concerns your cardiovascular system but also on the overall condition of you health too. In a nutshell, merely committing into this type of exercise can lessen the threats of heart attacks, allows the heart to perform efficiently, increase metabolism, improves the lung capacity and decrease stress. Have no doubt that cardio interval training is the sensible way of actualizing a healthy heart, mind and body.
yes - i have embraced the idea that the holidays are on their way. i always seem to be in denial that the summer is over.
so anyway.
i have a small family, which makes it great, and seeing as though i'm not dating anyone - i don't have to buy anything for his family either which will be a money saver this holiday season.
here's what i'm thinking so far:
cards for everyone (which i need to get started on, i have plenty of stuff lying around and can start anytime)
spice blends for everyone (i got some recipes from cooking light for a herbs de provence, garam masala and one other one that i can't remember)
homemade stuffed forest owl plushies for amber, liz and my brother's girlfriend, kristin (i want to personalize them in some way):
soap and/or candles for the ladies at work, which i could probably start at any time. i have most of the stuff at home now.
i want to make a tote bag of sorts for my aunt and my mom and maybe for the owl plushie girls depending on how ambitious i am, but i wouldn't count on that.
so i'm just stuck on my dad and brother - it's hard to make an owl plushie for a man. i totally want to make something for them, just not sure what.
if anyone has a craft idea for a man - i'd love to hear it...something useful and not cheesy.
- I'm #reading The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - bit.ly/1O2LU1 #
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Late! Sorry!
These are three semi-recent photos I've taken that fit the quest. First up is a photo from a trail around a lake.
can i just bitch about something for a minute?
so i was really happy to find out that target carried my generic prescription and i could purchase it for $9 as oppose to $50 at walgreens.
so i went through the nonsense of transferring my prescription, etc. they couldn't fill it right away because it had to be special ordered so i had to come back today to pick it up.
turns out that it's still $50 because the generic that's on the list isn't the extended release version which is what i actually take.
damn.
still paying $50 per month. and now i have to make inconvenient trips to target to pick it up. and i'm too lazy to get it transferred back now. i have to get a prescription renewal next month, so i'll probably just bring it back to walgreens.
11 years ago i paid $25 for the brand name version. wtf? healthcare is such a crock.