Vegan friends keep scrolling. I stopped at Thrifty Specialty Produce & Meats of Palm Bay and picked up some sliced chicken breast. I like that I can get three fat slices for about $3. I package them individually in freezer bags into which I add their marinade and tenderizing agent: this corn flour/cornstarch/egg white mixture. In the 30+ minutes it takes the chicken to freeze and thaw, it is tenderized like you wouldn’t believe.  Here’s the recipe from my foodie blog –> How to make chicken tender like the Chinese restaurants

Attention everyone: working from home does not mean I’m sitting watching tv eating bonbons. I’m always waiting for a half dozen calls back after which I can return the next half dozen calls. I need to be at the computer to look stuff up. I can’t be running off and I need to keep my head in the game during work hours. Thank you for understanding. <<stepping off soapbox>>

To all the “sensitives and empaths” out there complaining of everyone else’s “negative energy” attaching to them, if you cleared up and released your own past baggage, it would have nothing to attach to. Big Giant Secret of the Universe: No one can weave a bond of discord with you if you contribute no strands to the weaving. A friend and client keeps hitting obstacles in opening a business and she doesn’t see she’s doing it to herself. Instead of seeking sound advice from professionals and working a business plan, she spends her time chatting with friends, giving all the details of everyone who is jealous of her and wants her to fail in business. It’s all she talks about. She turns molehills into mountains and creates problems where there were none. The thing is, no one is trying to stop her from doing anything. No one cares. She manufactures these scenarios in her own mind to prevent herself from taking the next step and succeeding. Yet she’s been so close, so many times. She talks about how sensitive she is, that she takes on the negative energy of the people she works on. Yet she takes on a business partner with a lot of unresolved baggage, both personally/emotionally and professionally/financially.  Continue reading →

I posted on Facebook, “I will send a dollar to whoever correctly intuits the 3 numbers I have written down (111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, 999) as well as the geometric shape I drew next to them. Also tell me some things that tickle your fancy. I’m tickled by playful orange cats and squirrels romping in the trees.” His answer, 888 pyramid, my dogs.

The Compassion Exercise by Harry Palmer.
Honesty with one’s self leads to compassion for others.

OBJECTIVE: To increase the amount of compassion in the world.
EXPECTED RESULT: A personal sense of peace.

INSTRUCTIONS: This exercise can be done anywhere that people congregate (airports, malls, parks, beaches, etc). It should be done on strangers, unobtrusively, from some distance. Try to do all five steps on the same person.   Continue reading →