I’m like everyone else. The Universe is sending me messages all the time but I’m not always in the receiving mode, so I don’t always “get it.” Only when it comes back around again and again and again in the form of different people do I finally drop my blinders and begin to see what’s been playing out in front of me. I have to laugh at my own blindness because it reminds me to be more aware in each moment. That every moment contains so much more than I can quickly grasp, unless I’m paying attention. And, as it turns out, that’s what it’s all about. Paying attention in each moment. Continue reading
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Spice up cooking with coriander, cumin, fennel, fenugreek seeds
I like to cook. I like to cook light meals and mostly vegetarian dishes. For health and weight, I keep my fat grams to under 60 per day, so when cooking, I use a lot of fresh ground spices to keep the flavor high. Some favorites are fennel seeds (licorce-y), coriander seeds (citrus-y), cumin seeds (smoky/nutty), mustard seeds (hot-ish) black cardamom seeds (aromatic, smoky/cool) and fenugreek seeds (maple-y). How I use them is I crush the seeds using a mortar and pestle or using the spice grinder. I often use equal parts of the above seeds (maybe 1/2 tsp each) but I always use less of the mustard seeds since they’re hot. Most often I saute the crushed seeds in oil in a pan before adding in my veggies. Continue reading
That yellow wrapped paper on your driveway? How to unsubscribe from Your Essential Shopper
Take it back, take it back, take that thing right outta here. Right away, far away, take that thing right outta here. — Take It Back (Cream)
Like most of you, I get a yellow wrapped paper thrown onto my driveway every week that sits there unopened until recycling day. It’s weekly junk mail from “Yes! Your Essential Shopper, An Edition of Florida Today”. Inside the all-ad newspaper, I found a contest phone number and the call center gave me the number to call for Customer Service at Florida Today for Brevard County, FL. I called 877-424-0156 and asked Tonya Washington to unsubscribe me. She said she took me off the list but as of 3-4-11 I am still getting it. I called again today and asked Jennifer the same thing and she sent an email to those in charge asking that it be discontinued.
3-18-11 Update I spoke to Karen Bross who said she will remove me from the list. We’ll see.
All you can wish for is all included in the price of admission
I once heard a great story about a very poor family who was taking a very long boat trip and they were so poor that they brought only bread and cheese to eat for the trip. So each day they are eating their bread and cheese sandwiches and the little boy sees the other kids eating ice cream and he keeps asking his dad to give him money so he can have one also. Finally the dad gives in, even tho they can ill afford it, and after awhile the boy comes back with his ice cream and a big grin on his face and he gives his father back his money. The father asks how the ice cream is and why he didn’t have to use his money, and the boy says, the ice cream is great and so was the steak and the hot dogs and the baked beans and the watermelon, and he didn’t have to pay for it, because it was all included in the price of the admission for the trip!
How often do we not know enough to ask for something or are too shy, when all the time it’s included in the price of the ticket?
If you’re in Palm Bay waiting for your recycle bin
If you live in Palm Bay, FL and have not yet received your spanking new recycling bin, I requested one in November and today when I called was told I am on a delivery list, it is just there are so many who they have not yet been delivered to. Louis at 321-952-3420 said until I we get the new recycle cart, to continue using the old recycle bins. Now I know.
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. Wayne Dyer
The way to happiness is through training yourself to think thoughts that bring you joy and give you hope
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The way to happiness is through training yourself to think thoughts that bring you joy and give you hope. The way to think thoughts that bring you joy is to look for the good in every person and situation you see in front of you, to look for things to appreciate in each Now moment. The way to have hope is to bring to mind all the good times and know they can be again. Convince yourself of it, cheerlead yourself on to it with your self talk and internal dialog until you believe it and expect it. That’s all, boo.
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Getting well: a diagnosis is just a snapshot in time, so begin thinking the new thought to have the new result
I’ve got several friends and clients who are sick with colds and flus, and it happens for them each time the weather turns cold. I’ve avoided a cold this year by increasing my vitamin intake, especially Vitamin D. I also make it a habit to keep hand sanitizer in my car and to use it after I’ve been to the stores, the post office and to church; anywhere I’m going to touch anything someone has touched. I’m not obsessive or paranoid about it, I just know I began having less colds when I began washing and sanitizing my hands after contact. But now that you’ve got your cold and are right in the middle of it, here’s how to get over it and maybe rid yourself of the pattern once and for all. First of all, stop reminding yourself that you get a cold each time it turns cold. Having that thought repeatedly ingrained into your consciousness keeps you on the hamster wheel of having the thought then having the cold, year after year after year. I thought the same thing until I realized what I was doing to myself. Continue reading
I’ve been wearing the Nano Quantum Scalar Energy Pendant and using the Nano Energy Wand on my carpal tunnel
I’ve been wearing the Quantum Science Pendant with 3 earth stones on back of pendant since November, and ordered one for my brother as well. Now we have matching pendants. The “science” of how they work is shown below. I’m not a scientist so I don’t know if what is written is accurate, but I have a few friends who wear various energy pendants and Qlink, primarily for protection from EMFs or electromagnetic fields. I figured it couldn’t hurt and it’s a nice looking piece of jewelry. I also got the Nano Energy Wand. The science of it is below. I could right away tell there was something to the wand. I tried it on my left hand, since my carpal tunnel was flaring up. I could immediately tell it did something to disturb the auric field. I could also feel relief of congestion at different points as I moved the wand around. Interesting. I tried it on the right wrist. Again, I could tell it disturbed the energy field around my hand and arm, and I felt relief. I’d done my little prayer beforehand, “let me relax into what I’m about to do so I may benefit by what it has to offer.“ I know I’m a very suggestible person, so I can’t be sure I didn’t talk myself out of my own pain with each treatment, or simply summon universal healing energy through my own fingers… But nevertheless, something in the wand impacts the aura in a real and tangible way. Here’s what the promotional language for both products say: Continue reading
Winter Solstice at the Firepit
The last two early mornings I’ve gone out to the firepit just before dawn and built a small fire in the chimenea, watching it burn down while I ponder the changing of the seasons. I love to wander around in the yard, quietly collecting small twigs for kindling for the next fire and it was easy this morning under last night’s full moon. I could see the tiny twigs glistening white against the brown leaf mulch garden floor. There is plenty of oak and pine branch deadfall for firewood and sometimes I use dried pine needles and palmetto fronds as starters. Today I began clearing the firepit area, cutting back the dead palmetto fronds and dead grapevine. Last winter, I made an archway out of bamboo and grapevines and I took that down to accomodate the bay tree, which had grown so much bigger. I always cut some bay and camphor branches to dry for the next fire, I love the smell of them when they release their scent in the flame. I began cutting the palmettos back away from the trail in the west woods. I’d let them grow all year long and it was time. I only cut the main trail today. Tomorrow I’ll pick up all the cut fronds and decide where the side trails should be. I look to see where the animals have been walking, because I want to stay off their space, and I have two big gopher tortoise burrows I don’t want to disturb. They live here, too.
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