tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66950046916774569652024-03-05T06:23:22.841-08:00Blurb ColumnBlurb Column is my place to share thoughts on life, ideas to improve our world, and reviews of places I go, things I do, and food I eat!Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-33663884620245830952013-10-13T21:37:00.002-07:002013-10-13T21:37:59.700-07:00Weekend Review 10.13.13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Sunday Evening Friends!<br />
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I would be watching the game (Redskins v. Cowboys) but 1) I hate the Cowboys and 2) the Cowboys are winning. Blech.<br />
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In other news, it was a spectacular day for my football teams today!<br />
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Packers, Steelers (finally), Eagles AND Seahawks all win today! YAY!! <br />
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Now if the Cowboys would do me a favor and lose....<br />
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In other weekend news, Friday night I went for a hill walk with my friend. 3.55 miles. Then Chris and I had pizza for dinner.<br />
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Saturday was an errand and house chores/projects kind of day. Lots of the stuff of life: laundry, dishes, organizing, cleaning.<br />
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I also went to JCPenney and bought some legging slacks and a gorgeous sweater.<br />
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Pic from the JCP site. This picture doesn't really do it justice though. First of all, on a petite gal like myself, it hits mid-thigh and because I'm fluffier than a 100 lb model, I bought a bigger sweater so it is less fitted. It will look super cute with the legging slacks and boots.<br />
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Saturday was also the day for taking stuff out of the freezer to defrost for Sunday cooking. I pulled a whole chicken and some beef short ribs out for today. We also needed to use some tomatoes up, so we threw a bunch of tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic (all from our garden!) into a crockpot to slow cook into a yummy sauce.<br />
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It rained quite a bit on Saturday, so there was also a lot of kitty snuggle times.<br />
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We also hit up Trader Joe's for some simmer sauce, and a few other essentials. Then we had sushi. YUM! I also managed to get about 40 minutes of exercise in with a couple of workout videos and some extra weights, planks, etc. </div>
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I said several months ago that I would share more about the story of Chris and his new toy, the go-kart. I have yet to do so. In the end of June Chris decided to buy a go-kart, or rather, a shifter kart. We drove to Portland and picked it up one weekend. </div>
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We have a go-kart track about 10 minutes from the house, and there is a go-kart club and there are races! Chris' cart is a 125 cc shifter kart, so it is one of the faster karts. The first race we attempted to go to was rained out. </div>
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The second race was pretty awesome. </div>
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Chris took 1st place in his rookie event! Way to go Chris!</div>
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The next race was rained out. </div>
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Today is the "last" race of the season; last is in quotes because in two weeks they are going to try and "make-up" one of the rained out races...if it doesn't rain. </div>
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He ended up taking 2nd in today's race, but the race was tight, bumper to bumper to the finish. He had a great time. </div>
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Before I headed out to the track I took care of a bunch of stuff around the house. I started the crock pot going with the short ribs I defrosted Saturday, blended up the tomato medley I cooked in the slow cooker yesterday and put that in the freezer, packaged up some chicken broth I made earlier in the week and put that in the freezer, got the laundry going, cleaned the kitchen, and before all that I went and got groceries for the week. Whew!</div>
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Then I went to the squash patch and picked our squashes. </div>
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The bugs, slugs and ants were starting to attack some of them so I picked most of what was out there. Anything not quite ripe will ripen up in the house. Is that not the cutest little pumpkin???</div>
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Then I headed out to the track for most of the day. We got really lucky in that the weather was really gorgeous today, a perfect fall day. </div>
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I had to keep up with football scores on my phone, though. </div>
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When we got home I went out and picked all the last of the grape tomatoes (and a few tomatillos).</div>
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I am insanely curious how many pints are in that big bowl. Those will all ripen off the vine and I will be eating grape tomatoes for a while yet. (He cannot take a normal picture to save his life.)</div>
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Tonight's meal was <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/curried-beef-short-ribs-10000001879978/">Curried Beef Short Ribs</a>, which is normally very tasty. I cooked up the stuff in the crockpot, made some basmati rice and sauteed some baby bok choy. </div>
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Shredded short ribs (above), sauteed bok choy (below).<br />
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While we were doing dinner and watching the game we started up the charcoal barbeque and cooked the whole chicken I defrosted. Now I have a bunch of chicken to eat this week for lunches and easy to put together dinners (like enchiladas with homemade verde sauce!)</div>
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Check out Chris' race video on <a href="http://youtu.be/ztZG8o78W-M">YouTube</a>! Please forgive any ridiculous videography. I am a terrible photo/videographer AND the sun makes it very hard to see where they are at on the track through the phone camera. </div>
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Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-67077161929832368292013-10-10T10:30:00.000-07:002013-10-10T10:30:02.355-07:00Garden OdditiesI have been so busy this summer that I haven't talked much about the garden.<br />
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Yes we did plant a garden.<br />
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Yes we did get a ton of good stuff.<br />
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Yes we have been preserving and canning.<br />
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Here are some of the overall oddities of our garden this year:<br />
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We had a tremendous amount of volunteer plants.<br />
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This is a spaghetti squash growing in my tomato patch. I did not plant this spaghetti squash. It grew here all on its own.<br />
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I had several other squash plants volunteer this year (spaghetti, yellow and butternut, along with some pumpkins!) as well as several tomatillo and tomato plants.<br />
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Volunteer gardens are the best!<br />
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The items that did the best this year, besides the squash (we have had a bang up year!) were the peppers, tomatoes and strawberries!<br />
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Here is a before and after pic of my strawberry patch.<br />
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An additional oddity: I am STILL getting strawberries! In OCTOBER. (For those non-gardener types out there strawberry "season" is typically early summer in most areas.)<br />
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I took that top picture two days ago. The bowl of strawberries was about a week and a half ago. ODD!<br />
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The raspberries are confused as to the season as well. I took this picture on Sunday, too.<br />
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I have already cooked at least two butternut squash, several (6 or 8) acorn squash, a few spaghetti squash, and this isn't all of what is currently in the "pantry" room. PLUS I have several more of various types still on the vine outside!<br />
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Again, this is just <i>some </i>of what we haven't used yet! We have made multiple types and batches of salsa with peppers, we have made chili, we have roasted and frozen a bunch of peppers, we have dried some peppers, we have frozen whole peppers, we have eaten fresh peppers....It is an understatement to say our pepper garden was a success this year.<br />
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Just a sample...we have more than this still ready to eat, plus we have smoked and frozen gallons of them, diced and frozen, cooked with them, dried them, eaten them fresh every day for MONTHS, made multiple sauces, used them in the salsa and the chili...and on and on. I personally planted almost 20 tomato plants (I know) and then I got another AT LEAST 10 volunteers.<br />
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All I can say is that it is a good thing I love tomatoes.<br />
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Things that did less well this year than in years past include the basil, cucumbers, eggplant and green beans. We did get some of everything, but not the yields of years past. But, that is part of the joy and wonder of gardening. You just never know what you are going to get!<br />
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And just because it is cool and Chris wanted me to post it, here is a picture of a praying mantis that was hanging out with me in the basil patch one day.<br />
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Did you garden this year? How did you do? Any crazy producers or oddities?Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-54776154853441548282013-10-09T10:30:00.000-07:002013-10-09T10:30:02.231-07:00Engage The MusclesWhen people who are overweight, or a better description, out of shape, begin to work out, the first thing trainers and health coaches should work on is muscle engagement.<br />
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How many times have you heard someone who is out of shape or overweight say they don't have any ab muscles (or upper body strength or whatever)? </div>
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I know I myself have said the exact thing MANY times. And I believe it! I believe it when I say I have no core strength or muscles. </div>
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It is because I don't engage those muscles consciously. I don't know (or I didn't used to anyway) know where they were or how to squeeze them to make them work. I mean, they are there and they do work, regardless of me engaging them, because I stand upright and walk and lift and twist and so forth everyday, but I am not consciously engaging those muscles to make that happen. </div>
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I did not know how to truly engage my muscles. I didn't use them consciously. I wasn't aware of them working everyday. </div>
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I think trainers would see better results if they started the first session or two with simple static muscle engagement exercises, helping their clients identify WHERE their abs are, how this movement works this muscle, and how that movement should be felt elsewhere. </div>
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Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-9354408417881446132013-10-08T18:34:00.001-07:002013-10-08T20:20:01.252-07:00Mid-Week Food PrepSunday isn't the only day of the week you can do food prep. It is just the most popular, and that is understandable.<br />
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Many people consider Sunday the "gearing up for the week" day of the weekend; I know I do! So Sunday is often the day that we cook a roast, or a whole chicken, or make a big pot-o-something to eat on for the week (chili and big crock-pot meals come to mind!). </div>
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It's a Tuesday evening and not much is happening at Casa Beebe. There is no Monday or Thursday night football to watch, no pressing house chores to do, no homework (yay!).<br />
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I was making fish for dinner on the grill.<br />
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I decided that since I already had the grill going I should go ahead and cook up some turkey sausage to have for easy protein additions to my lunch for the week. I didn't make a whole chicken or a roast this past weekend, so I don't have an easy protein source for grab and go in the morning this week. </div>
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While that was going on I was thinking about what should be on the menu for tomorrow night. I decided some of our home-grown spaghetti squash could be used up, and since I was already in the kitchen waiting for dinner to cook, I might as well throw that in the oven.<br />
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And, WordPress doesn't have ANY way to contact support by phone or email. AND there is no way to contact them if you can't sign in (like the forums). And I can't recover my password or reset it because the site claims my user email is invalid. It isn't. It is the same as it has been since I set it up in March.<br />
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Also, I didn't pay with Paypal (and even if I did I wouldn't still have access to the statement with some code they say would have been sent) as access to Paypal statements only goes back three months.<br />
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So, here I am. I paid for and used a website with WordPress, and for some unknown reason I am locked out, and I can get ZERO support. Super! If anyone knows any way for me to try and contact someone at WordPress that can help, besides spamming Twitter, I would really appreciate the help!<br />
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Anyway, I'm going to be posting here until such time as I can get the WordPress situation resolved.<br />
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I'm not going to go into detail about everything that has been going on at Casa Beebe for the last ... uh...three months or so, but suffice it to say we have had an awesome and SUPER busy summer.<br />
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I am working and enjoying what I do, though it is still on a temporary basis. There are things percolating, so I am holding out hope that a long term position more in line with what I went to school for will land in my lap soon.<br />
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As is typical for us we took the boat out several times this summer, did tons of gardening and preserving, we had house guests off and on all summer long, some for a night and some for several weeks at a time. We really enjoyed seeing everyone and are really glad that we have created friendships and relationships that allow people to feel comfortable to come and stay.<br />
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We also made a few trips to Portland to visit friends for birthdays, girls weekend and a wedding, went to Bend for a half marathon and weekend hangout with friends, spent a couple days down at Lake Shasta in over a hundred degree weather.<br />
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Christopher bought himself a go-kart (125 cc shifter kart) and has started racing at our local kart track. He took first place in his class in his rookie race!!<br />
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We went to a few excellent concerts, including Kenny Loggins (amazing!), Blue Oyster Cult (meh) and REO Speedwagon (SPECTACULAR!).<br />
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And now we are into Fall! The garden is 99% done, I planted bulbs for spring and some greens for the fall garden. But the hard work of the garden harvest is done.<br />
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And we just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary!!<br />
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What have you all been up to? Any questions or blog topic requests? I'm going to do a "Friday Five" post (maybe before Friday...) and probably a weekend review post will be upcoming as well.<br />
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Thanks for continuing to follow me around the internet as I get this WordPress blog situation resolved.<br />
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Happy Sunday friends!Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-2401720713296838552013-03-20T11:49:00.000-07:002013-03-20T11:49:10.024-07:00Buh Buy Blurb Column<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last three years have been great! I have created lots of fun content and enjoyed putting my thoughts and life out there. In the last three years I have created nearly 400 posts. This is sort of crazy to me, but it is really awesome and fun, too. </div>
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Blogger was a great, free, easy, point and click way to get me into blogging, but I have been frustrated with it more and more over the last year or so. I felt constricted by what I couldn't do and I wanted to give my audience a better experience. I hope I have solved both issues by making this change!</div>
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We have all seen labels like this, or the nutrition label on the back of most packaged foods, that tells us how many calories the food product we are contemplating consuming contains. (Nice alliteration, eh?)<br />
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Okay, that's not the real definition.<br />
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So let's just try to understand it. Our bodies need energy to function. Calories, found in food, provide energy. If we don't consume enough energy (calories) for our daily functions, then we may get sick, or be unable to complete acts of daily living. If we consume too much energy (calories) then our bodies are biologically adapted to store the excess energy consumed as fat. If we consume the appropriate amount of energy (calories) then our bodies have enough energy to function and complete daily living tasks, but is not provided with excess energy to store, meaning we maintain a healthy body mass. </div>
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A basic understanding then of a calorie as a unit of energy leads to the question how much energy do I need to consume? There are lots of great sources to find this information, including free sources on the Internet, a trainer at a gym, or your doctor. But a very simple guideline is to take your current weight and multiply it by 10. (I am not any kind of doctor, trainer or dietitian, this is just my own personal experience and knowledge talking.) </div>
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Personally, if I relate 1 Tablespoon of butter to a mile and a half of walking it actually means something to me, whereas the calorie count, well, doesn't really. </div>
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In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to outlaw large sugary soda beverages. His law has hit a few snags recently, but as part of the campaign to create awareness the subways in New York had signs posted that showed New Yorkers, visually and numerically, how far they would have to walk to burn off a 20 oz sugar soda. </div>
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As the Scientific American article points out, this idea has "stirred interest" in how calorie counts can be labeled on menus or food items that will allow people to have a better understanding of how much energy they are consuming, perhaps in excess of their total needs. </div>
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It may not be the cure to obesity in this country, but I think giving the people more information about their food, and how it impacts them *does* help them make better choices overall. I think that those of us who have spent a lot of time learning about health, healthy eating, food, calories, fats, sugars, etc., think that this information is well-known, but I don't believe that is true. I believe there is a significant portion of our population that really has no knowledge or usable understanding of calories and healthy vs. unhealthy food choices. </div>
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Pictures like the one above or menus that express calories in terms of physical expenditure, like walking for 3 miles, may be able to make a great connection and impression upon people, which, who knows? might even lead to lesser obesity! </div>
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Do you ask for help when you need it?<br />
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Sometimes asking for help is a critical component to success.<br />
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There are several areas in my life where I continuously ask for help. Help from my friends, from peers, from mentors, from the universe.<br />
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Recently, I was feeling pretty depressed. It was winter time, dark and cold.<br />
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I was coming to the end of a huge, multi-year personal goal. It was time to move on to the next phase and the next phase wasn't going so well as I might have hoped.<br />
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The darkness and lethargy of depression settled in around my head, my shoulders, my heart and barricaded me in its depths.<br />
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I could have wallowed in this darkness, like a hippo in a pool of warm mud. I could have stayed there, stuck in my own head, filled with images and stories of untruth.<br />
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But I didn't.<br />
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I reached out to friends and family and said: I am depressed. I need help. I need accountability. I need your friendship and love and support. I need contact. I need to hear that I am not a loser who just wasted thousands of dollars and hours and hours of time. I need help.<br />
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As part of my struggle with depression, my healthy habits had taken a backseat.<br />
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I could have ignored it. Bought bigger pants. Continued to eat junk and sit on the couch.<br />
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But I didn't.<br />
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I asked for help.<br />
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And I received it. From friends, my health care providers, my family, the universe. It came to me because I asked for it.<br />
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Today I need help again. And so I ask.<br />
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I reached out to friends and strangers, acquaintances and peers, and I asked them to help me.<br />
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I am searching for a job.<br />
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In the work world, asking for help is called "networking." It is not only perfectly acceptable, but often a mandatory part of being successful.<br />
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Today I networked, I asked, I spoke my needs and desire with truth and feeling.<br />
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I asked the universe to support and guide me, to lead me in the direction I need to go. I looked for signs and acted upon what I saw.<br />
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I am not too strong to know when I need help or too proud to ask for it.<br />
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In the business world it is acceptable and a sign of strength. In our personal lives it is a sign of weakness.<br />
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I disagree. I believe that asking for help, seeking the support of our village, is a sign of great strength, because in order to ask for help we must show our vulnerability, our soft underbelly, to the world.<br />
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I think that takes great strength.<br />
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Do not fear asking for help, asking for what you need. I promise, you will be amazed at what the universe will deliver unto you if you only ask.<br />
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If you have been reading for a while you know that once or twice a year I do a cleanse.<br />
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I have addressed some of the issues about cleansing <a href="http://blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-cleansing.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-is-sproinging.html">HERE</a>, in addition to several other posts about what I eat and how it's going. If you use the search feature on the right side of the screen you can search "cleanse" and see all the previous posts.<br />
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A quick rundown though, for any new readers, or anyone who is too lazy (like me) to go read the old posts. Ha!<br />
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I use the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gaia-Herbs-Supreme-Cleanse-Kit/dp/B0036THN9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363633033&sr=8-1&keywords=Supreme+Cleanse">Supreme Cleanse</a> by Gaia. (I get nothing from Amazon or Gaia if you click through that link, I just wanted to make it easy for you to find.) The Supreme Cleanse by Gaia is a two-week, 100% natural, herb based gentle detoxification system. It has changed, for the better, since I first used it several years ago. Originally it was much more complicated, but Gaia has updated it so now there is just two steps: a fiber drink in the morning and three liver cleanse pills in the evening. It also used to be a full 14 days, but now it is 12. Easy!<br />
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Of course, part of the cleansing process is taking the pills, but the other part is cleaning up the diet, eliminating the junk, and the body then detoxifies. If you are skeptical (I totally was) about the need for the body to "detox" let me assure you that every single time I do this cleanse I experience the symptoms of detoxification. Headaches for the first couple of days, a general feeling of lethargy for the first couple days, and a few bouts of just feeling poorly. Also, if you are considering this, or any other cleanse, be aware that you will need to use the restroom more frequently.<br />
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The reason I choose the Supreme Cleanse is 1) it was recommended to me by a naturopath physician, and 2) it is gentle. Many cleanses out there are crazy restrictive (cayenne, lemon juice and maple syrup anyone??) and others are so intense that you cannot leave the house for fear of needing to go poo with significant urgency. The Supreme Cleanse isn't like that. Yes, you will have to "go" more, but not like you are sick and have to run to the bathroom.<br />
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Okay, so that's the low down, recap. What can you eat?? This is the main question.<br />
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FOOD! Real food!<br />
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Fish, veggies, fruits, grains (excluding wheat), beans, water, green tea, etc.<br />
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Stuff to avoid includes all the stuff we should try to minimize in our diets anyway: sugar, salts, fats (caveat-fat is good for you if it's the right kind, but are limited on the cleanse), dairy, alcohol, caffeine, processed foods, etc.<br />
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Of course, you can be more or less lenient with your food choices. Some people will add eggs and chicken into their diet, I have always used olive oil throughout the cleanse, although I use it more sparingly.<br />
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So I started the cleanse last week, I'm now on day 6. I have been more lenient with my food choices this time than I have been in the past, and I can totally tell. Normally, I lose about 6-8 pounds during the two weeks that I am cleansing. This time, I have lost a tiny bit of weight, but nothing significant. It is interesting that just a few different things (chicken primarily, but also nut butter) may be making such an impact.<br />
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What does this mean to me? Well, as much as I would really like to lose a few pounds, the reality of life is that right now these minor adjustments are making my life a lot easier. I feel like I am still following the intent of the cleanse, have been incorporating tons (AND TONS) of veggies and fruits and whole grains into my diet and that is part of the point for me. I do these cleanses once or twice a year to help me steer my eating back into a healthier direction. It isn't that my eating is totally unhealthy, but I do like to have wine and I have my coffee with horrible-for-you creamer (seriously, what is up with the creamer being so filled with chemicals and junk??), and doing a cleanse helps give me the extra boost to lay off that stuff for a while.<br />
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Usually the effects of the cleanse last quite a while, too, meaning that my eating tends to continue on a "more" healthy trajectory for a period of time after I'm done cleansing.<br />
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Anyway, day 6, half way there, and I'll give you a recap at the end!<br />
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Have you ever done a cleanse? What kind? Did you have good results?<br />
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What a weekend!<br />
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Did you remember to turn your clocks forward this morning? I did! Roxie was so sweet to wake me up at 4 AM (which suddenly became 5 AM) to remind me. What a sweetheart. < ---- this is sarcasm.<br />
We had another busy and exhausting weekend here at Casa Beebe. It is that time of year!<br />
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First of all, Chris is on call this weekend and he got a call at almost 9 o'clock Friday night. Ugh!! His face says it all:<br />
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I rode along with him to keep him company. We didn't get back home until around midnight. Yawn.<br />
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Saturday we enjoyed a morning hot tub in the sun with our coffee and then I was JONESING big time to get my garden cleaned up, so that was the primary order of business for me yesterday. It was sunny and gorgeous and I headed out with Chris in the morning to start getting things in order.<br />
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What does one have to do to get a garden "in order" you ask? Well. I will tell you.<br />
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First of all, last fall we decided to put a layer of straw mulch down over the tops of all the beds. This started as the idea of just putting it down over the garlic (which we plant in the fall and harvest in the spring/summer so it needs to be kept from freezing over the winter) but the bale of straw we got was HUGE, so we had MORE than enough to cover all the boxes. Some of the straw had sprouted, which we were pretty worried about, but it was very superficial and the green grasses pulled out very easily.<br />
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When we started yesterday all the boxes looked like the one in the far background of this picture:<br />
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This is the garlic box with the straw still covering it, along with the green garlic and a little bit of the green straw grass.<br />
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Here is a bit better close up image of what my tomato box looks like still (we haven't got that far yet):<br />
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There was also a TON of leaves left over from the fall that needed to be cleaned up from all around the boxes, along the edge of the fence and from my beach.<br />
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While Chris was turning all the straw up into the boxes and just generally digging around in the boxes to break up the soil and get things ready for planting (which is still a couple months off for big planting) we also dumped out our homemade "black gold" compost dirt.<br />
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Lookie there! a big pile o homemade dirt! You know, we just take our kitchen scraps and some of our yard debris and put it in a big garbage can and let it do its thing. We don't turn it or add water to it, although the garbage cans have a couple holes in them to let moisture in, but it just does its own thing. I add stuff to it every week and then after a while we quit adding to one can and start adding to another. The first can just goes to work and makes dirt. It is pretty awesome. Lots of great nutrients and less waste for the landfill.<br />
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I was raking leaves and pulling weeds and raking leaves and pulling weeds. Repeat ad naseum for about 5 hours. Seriously. Oh my aching....everything!<br />
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Totally worth it though.<br />
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Ahh...so much nicer!!<br />
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The only real break I took yesterday was to go inside and get some turkey stock started. We had deep fried a turkey last weekend so I had all the bones in the fridge. I just took my HUGE stock pot, added all the bones and a whole bunch of water and turned on the burner.<br />
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The only tricky thing about making stock with that much water is that you have to put it on high to get it boiling, but then you have to turn it down so that it is just a simmer, but if you turn it down too much it doesn't simmer and if it is too high it is closer to a boil. Since there is so much volume and it takes so long for the temperature change to be reflected, it takes a bit of monitoring and up and down adjustment on the stove to get it right. Once I got it to a simmer that I liked I just left it alone for about 4 hours or so. Then I just turned the burner off and let it cool. I ended up with A LOT of stock.<br />
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Those are yogurt containers that I reuse, and two cottage cheese containers. There are 10 large and 2 medium containers. That ought to last a while, eh?<br />
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Chris helped me in the garden in the morning, but he had boat plans for the afternoon. He got the motor officially mounted in the boat yesterday!! If you recall, we had a bit of trouble with a wrong size oil pan, got that fixed and last weekend "set" the motor down to make sure it would fit with the new oil pan and get everything lined up. It looked good! So yesterday he pulled it back out, and fastened the oil pan down completely, among a few other things and then bolted it to the boat! WhooohoO! MOTOR!<br />
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While he was doing that and the turkey stock was doing its thing I went back out to the garden for more fun times, weeding and cleaning up.<br />
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In one of the boxes I had planted several lettuces last fall. They overwintered well but were all pretty small and really close together. (I never got around to thinning them out last fall.) Since the weather has warmed a bit they have started to grow. I decided I needed to thin and space them out a bit.<br />
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There are three kinds of lettuce in the box and this picture is a good representation of how close everything was together, although this is only part of the spinach patch.<br />
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Nothing has room to grow, so I carefully dug up the larger clusters and split them apart, composting the smaller/weaker ones and replanting the heartier, larger plants. I did this with the spinach and the two other types of green leaf lettuce.<br />
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Much better! I worried a bit if I was messing too much with the roots and if they would survive, but most everything looks okay out there today! On a total side note, when those all take off, if even half of them take off, I am going to have an A$$load of lettuce and spinach.<br />
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Oh and hey...look what I found when I was digging around in the boxes earlier in the day:<br />
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I guess I didn't get all the little red potatoes last year when I dug them up. Cool! Gardens are cool.<br />
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The last bit of work for me yesterday was to put the weed barrier (cat barrier) and bamboo cover back on my sandy beach. I cleaned all the leaves and debris off of them, and then off the sand and raked it up. It is nice and pretty and clean now and will be ready for sunny summer days with my toes in the sand.<br />
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Someone decided I needed "help" with this part of my project.<br />
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She was playing with the weed barrier. It made a cool sound and ruffled in the wind or when I moved it. Oh kitty joy! She was rolling around and it was so silly.<br />
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Later she found a hidey-spot in the laurel.<br />
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Holy Moly! That was just Saturday! I also did dishes and cleaned the kitchen, did laundry, picked up the house, took care of the everyday cat chores, ran to the grocery store for a few things, put that stuff away and then because we were so damn worn out we went and had thai food for dinner. Then we came home and went to BED.<br />
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Today has been much less exhausting. We enjoyed a soak in the hot tub with our coffee again this morning, which felt amazing after all the hard work yesterday and then got busy with regular weekend stuff...more laundry, and dishes and getting ready for the week.<br />
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Chris is still working on his boat, but now he is getting the floor prepared.<br />
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I took a bunch of pictures of random stuff he wants to sell and listed it all on craigslist for him. I also played with the cats for a while. They are SO funny.<br />
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This is what happens with you take kitties + catnip + string = funny! (sorry if it is choppy, I think my phone has trouble if I move too much)<br />
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And I suppose it is fitting to end this post with what we have growing inside that will eventually be moved outside to the newly cleaned up garden.<br />
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Peas and basil.<br />
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Tomatoes!!<br />
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Have a great Sunday evening everyone! Enjoy the extra hour of daylight!<br />
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Cat Fight!<br />
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Outside time.<br />
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Birthday dessert: cheesecake!<br />
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White Russian with Pinnacle Chocolate Whipped.<br />
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A beautiful sunset.<br />
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Big kittens snuggling.<br />
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Valentine's Dinner: filet mignon, prawns, baked potato and broccoli.<br />
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Flowers from my grandma for Valentine's and Daisy being bad.<br />
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Another post today about vegans.<br />
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I have so much to say and I don't even know where to begin!<br />
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A fanatical vegan group called 269 staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, vandalizing fountains, dying the water red, and leaving deceased/amputated animal heads around for people to see. This was an attempt to "show" the people of Israel (and the world) the "truth" about eating meat.<br />
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I'm not going to link it because I don't want to give them any more of a boost than this post might anyway.<br />
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Here's the thing: this type of behavior does NOTHING to help them achieve the goal of people not killing and eating animals! Nothing.<br />
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In fact, instead of getting people to stop and think about what it means to eat meat, which is what they are trying to accomplish, they make everyday people think they are crazy in the head and lack good judgement.<br />
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Parts of the vegan movement are becoming fanatical with fringe groups performing acts that not only dilute the message, but in fact turn people off from being vegan. It is like fanatical religious groups that think killing other people is a good way to get people to convert to their beliefs.<br />
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The way to get the message across is not by being fanatical.<br />
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Those that make the most impact are those that walk their talk, not that vandalize and act out. A holier than thou approach will not help the cause. They are telling the people they want to change that they are murderers. I'm not really sure that telling me I'm a murderer is going to get me to join the group and take up those beliefs, especially if I think I might be forced to act out in this way or face being labeled a "bad vegan" who doesn't care enough for the animals.<br />
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If one choose not to eat animal products or wear animal products or purchase animal products: GREAT! Good for you! But don't try to shame and harass me for not making the same choices as you do. The more they try to use negative tactics the harder most people will dig in their heels. It is counter intuitive to the overall goal.<br />
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The movement would be better served by working with people, kindly, to educate them. You are working against thousands of years of human evolution and belief systems (just like the religious groups). The majority of the populations across the planet, for THOUSANDS of years, have consumed animals of one type or another.<br />
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The rebuttal might be that we are more enlightened now, or with big-agribusiness we don't need to eat animals for food. Perhaps this is true, but it doesn't change the fact that PEOPLE don't like change. PEOPLE don't like being shamed and told how horrible they are.<br />
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Basic psychology. If you want people do to something you praise them, give them positive reinforcement, make them feel good about their choices and decisions. You don't call them names and berate them for having a different thought process than you do.<br />
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Sure you try to educate them about why you believe the way you do, you try to show them, in kind ways, how their choice affects others, but bashing them over the head isn't the best way to get them to see your point of view.<br />
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I mean, come on, I have strong views about the food industry. I post quite a bit about being anti-Monsanto, anti-GMO and have a pretty big issue with factory farms, but you don't see me shaming people about what they choose to eat. I try to *educate* them, give them information they can then process and perhaps use to make alternate decisions.<br />
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Vegans, if you want to make a change in this world, fanaticism isn't the way to go. Work with the governments, the farms, the farmers, and the people to make changes. Work with organizations and health care providers and researchers to show the benefits of a plant based diet and educate the populace.<br />
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Really and truly, very few people are going to suddenly stop eating meat because they see a dead animal head in a bloody fountain. Even if they do stop, it is likely to be short lived.<br />
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Here's a story before I go: when I was about 10 or 12 years old I declared I was never eating meat again. Why? Well, my brother was involved in 4-H, raising sheep. His sheep were named ML 1, ML 2, and so forth. What does the ML stand for? Market Lamb.<br />
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I didn't really grasp what that meant until one day, the last day of the fair, when after a week of showing the animals, there is an auction. At the auction, bidders bid on the lamb, pennies per pound to start and moving up from there. The "best" lambs (the most well formed for their meat) get the highest prices. The kid that raised the lamb gets the money, so a 65 pound lamb that sells for 80 cents nets the kid about $55. (These are just numbers, I can't remember actual weights or prices).<br />
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Immediately after the bidding is done for a particular sheep it is taken out of the ring and loaded up a chute into a waiting truck. The truck is kind of hidden behind a big door. I had been to the fair many times, had been through many auctions, but never really grasped what was happening after the sheep was loaded into the chute.<br />
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The lambs were taken away and slaughtered, and then the meat was given to the person that "bought" the lamb in the auction. At the age of 10 or 12 I suddenly realized that the fuzzy creature we had been caring for, walking, combing, cleaning and prettifying for showing was going off to be killed. I was appalled! It wasn't fair! I cried and cried.<br />
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And then...nothing.<br />
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I never stopped eating meat.<br />
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I do believe that factory farming is an appalling, horrific practice, bad for the animals and the people that eat those animals. I have already said I believe a (more) plant based diet is better for most people and animals. I don't disagree that being vegan, choosing to not eat animal products, is a good decision for many people.<br />
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What I have a problem with is the way in which this fringe group of militant vegans goes about trying to get other people to change their minds. I am under no disillusion about what goes on with animals that end up on people's plates. I understand they live horrible lives.<br />
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I have made choices because of that about the types of meat I eat, and where I get it from (local!). I am not ready or willing to stop eating meat at this point in my life. I don't have to justify why. But I can tell you that no amount of gory pictures or acts of vandalism are going to get me any closer to decreasing the amount of meat I consume, or eliminating animal products completely from my diet. If and when I do that, it will be based on my own schedule, life, beliefs and needs.<br />
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Interesting: isn't that how most of you became vegans? Small realizations, small steps away from animal products, a process...<br />
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I think very few people just up and decide one day to stop eating/buying/using any and all animal products "cold turkey" and from that day forward are vegan. Most stories I hear and people I talk to about their food choices share the *process* of lowering their meat intake, eliminating certain types of meats or animal products, going back and forth a bit, and eventually, over time, YEARS in some cases, they have transitioned to a way of life that does not include animal products.<br />
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You don't want to eat meat. Wonderful! Excellent! I applaud you.<br />
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However, I resist completely your efforts to shame me, and the world, into not eating meat by attacking me, "lesser" vegans and omnivores, and by committing acts of fanaticism.<br />
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Chris had the weekend off call, which is so nice! He is in full swing with his boat project. I haven't talked much about it here on the blog, but basically he ripped out all the interior, pulled the motor and pulled out all the old structural supports that run lengthwise down the boat (they are called stringers) and started replacing things. It has been a long project, but it is looking so beautiful! </div>
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The stringers have been in for a while, as has the new bulkhead. We got new aluminium gas tanks to replace the failing fiberglass ones, so those have been installed now, and finally it was time to put the NEW motor in place.</div>
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We had a bit of a snafu with the oil pan, so last weekend when we tried to install it we determined that the oil pan was too tall. No good! Chris quickly ordered a lower profile one and it arrived yesterday.<br />
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A quick change out today and then time to install the new power plant. Exciting stuff!<div>
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So Shmexy! The new motor is a Chevy 454 big block. The old motor was an Oldsmobile 455. You can see the gorgeous new stringers and new fuel tank in this pic as well. </div>
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Deep fried in peanut oil. Twelve and a half pound turkey cooked to perfection in 45 minutes. So juicy and flavorful!<br />
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It's time to relax. Have a great Sunday night! Chubby tubby looks about how I feel....G'night!</div>
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Yesterday I got a wild hair and decided to do a bunch of reorganizing. I don't know what started it really, but the next thing I know I am going through drawers and file cabinets and catch-all boxes and bins and sorting, trashing, creating a donate pile and filing a bunch of stuff away.<br />
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As I was getting to the filing part of the organizing I realized that I have a TON of miscellaneous old, outdated, irrelevant paperwork cramming my file cabinet.<br />
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I mean...pay stubs from 12 years ago. Yes, seriously. (I have moved them HOW many times??) I also had a bunch of duplicate files, and files for accounts and properties I haven't owned in years (decades??). I decided it was HIGH time to purge all that and consolidate.<br />
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So I pulled all the files out that I knew for sure were ready for the shredder, and then went through a dozen or so more files, trashing, shredding or saving and filing correctly as needed.<br />
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Let's just say what started as a large stack of files was whittled down to just a few small files.<br />
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The terrible tower of to be shredded documents!!<br />
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The sad part? This isn't even all of them. I did a whole bunch of shredding before I took this picture, AND there are two other big drawers I haven't even touched yet!<br />
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This is bags two and three of shreds, plus my non-shred paper recycling bin which has been filled and emptied four times already.<br />
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No matter how hard I try, there is still little bits of shredded paper all over the floor. Then Roxie went and laid in some of it and then drug it around the house stuck to her fur.<br />
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What about you? Are you a paper saver? Or do you trash everything right away? I'm always afraid I'm going to need some random document from 2002 (apparently) so I keep everything. But I'm getting much better. Most of my accounts don't even send me statements by mail anymore, which is good and has cut way down on the amount of stuff I need to file every year.<br />
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Well...since I am no where near done with the shred fest, and I have the worlds cheapest shredder that only works for about 5 minutes or so before it gets too hot and has to take a break, and only can handle about 3 pages at a time....I better get back to it!!<br />
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YES! I *finally* finished watching all 8(!!) of the Harry Potter movies last weekend! My girlfriends from school, Allison, Megan and Raisa, all came over a few different times over the last couple of months and we would have Harry Potter mini-movie marathons. I have not read the books so they had to keep telling me what was going on, but overall I really enjoyed the films! I thought the first couple were really predictable, but as the story went on J.K. Rowling got much better about red herrings and hidden plot lines. I enjoyed that much better. I think the casting, overall, was superbly done, and really just thought the movies were quite good. I would definitely watch them again, although they are SO long that unlike other series it wouldn't really be possible for me to watch them all through in a weekend or something. And yes, I will eventually read the books. </div>
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Loving Dev in general and especially Fireball. </div>
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I came across this wine at Safeway a few weeks ago. It is a very nice drinking red. It is mellow and smooth. It doesn't have the sharp, dry or spicy of some reds, but I am enjoying it. </div>
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Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-91493911433299100532013-03-01T07:00:00.000-08:002013-03-01T07:00:01.225-08:00Happy March! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Have you ever heard the saying "March blows in like a lion and out like a lamb"?<div>
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March is truly the month of transition from winter to spring, with the vernal equinox occurring on March 20th (this year, sometimes March 21st) which means, in the Northern Hemisphere, the true beginning of Spring. The vernal equinox is when day and night are of equal length. The science-y definition is: </div>
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What we really care about though is that the days will continue to get longer, and warmer. </div>
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Spring is on its way!</div>
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The question then: What are you most looking forward to this Spring?</div>
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Me: getting out into my garden, sunshine (!!!!), the end of my schooling, and a vacation! Whooohoo! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“The alchemist was dazed and dumbfounded, as the true meaning of the magic was revealed: *The dead will rise from glade to glen and ancient will be young again*. The dead had, after all, risen. From dead and dry things there was growth, and new life everywhere. And the endlessly long winter had at last turned to spring.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">From life to death and back again to life. It was indeed the greatest magic in the world.” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2936493.Lauren_Oliver" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Lauren Oliver</a><br /><div class="pseg" style="background-color: white;">
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Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-2062142398481591912013-02-28T11:55:00.001-08:002013-02-28T11:55:46.994-08:00Labeling Yourself<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">Part of the internet world I follow is all abuzz today, which has prompted me to address something that has been on my mind for a long time: labeling how we eat. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">A well-known vegan author released an open letter yesterday to inform her followers that she has decided to return to eating meat. She lists a variety of reasons for her decision. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">She was bombarded by vicious, hurtful and malicious attacks against her person and character, all from the comfy confines of people hidden behind their computer screens. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">This woman, who yes, made a name for herself in the vegan world (vegans do not eat animal products of any kind and often avoid products made with animal hides as well) made a decision and decided to be honest and share this with the world. She could have likely hidden it, but she didn't. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">Much of the vegan community continuously surprises me with the vehemence they use to tell the world that they are RIGHT and the rest of us (omnivores) are WRONG. And the vehemence with which they attack and shame and humiliate those who choose to consume animals or animal products. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">There is a difference between trying to educate others about the reasons behind ones choice to eat only plants and attacking them for not believing/eating the way you do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">In my experience, for many vegans there is no middle ground. There is no grey area, there is no place for a slip up, an accident or even a once in a while choice. And there certainly isn't room for someone to simply change their mind. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">1-I eat meat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">3-I believe that eating a more plant based diet is better for people, many animals, and the environment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">I wonder if those attacking her today have never changed their mind about something? I wonder if they have never had to sacrifice something for convenience? I wonder if they really believe all the things they are saying or if they are just caught up in their righteous indignation? I wonder if they are pretending that we live in a perfect world where choices are always easy and happy? I wonder if they are always really as perfect in their eating as they promote themselves to be? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">But ultimately, her choice is HER choice. How other people feel about it is THEIR choice. But it doesn't give them the right to assault her via the protection of the internet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">BE upset. BE sad. BE disappointed. But don't forget that we are all human beings and each and every one of us deserves kindness. If vegans believe in not eating animal products as an act of caring and kindness to themselves, the animals and the planet, why is it okay to emotionally assault this woman via the web? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">My advice to the people who care to take it: avoid labeling yourself. Avoid labeling your eating type. Just eat. Eat whatever it is that YOU are morally, socially, physically, and emotionally comfortable eating. Do your best. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">That is all any of us can really do. Our best. On any given day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">And before you hit submit on that comment or post ask yourself...would I say this if this person was sitting right next to me, across my kitchen table? If my best friend said this to me how would I respond? Would I say this? If I was looking right into their eyes...would I say this unkindness?</span></span></div>
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Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-43096813508430368822013-02-25T11:41:00.000-08:002013-02-25T11:41:03.043-08:00New Desk!Hi All! Long time no blog...<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that the winter blah's had been taking their toll and I had been feeling pretty depressed. Those feelings were making it hard for me to come up with anything I felt was valuable to post, and let's face it, depression removes all the motivation to do darn near anything from our lives.<br />
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I want to talk more about depression, anxiety and the stigma associated with those topics, because I feel like there is still so much stigma out there that people who are experiencing depression often don't ask for help. When you are depressed you NEED to ask for help...from your friends, your family, your health care team...It can be the hardest thing in the world to do, but it is necessary!<br />
<br />Today though I'm going to talk about our new desk!<br />
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Chris and I, over the course of our ever changing lives, had been using two separate desks, purchased at two separate times, in our home office/computer room. This room is where we spend most of our time. The desk were mismatched, different colors, heights, sizes...everything.<br />
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I was sick of it!<br />
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I forgot to take before pictures (because I was so excited to get these things out of here!) but if you look past Shanelle in these pictures you can see my desk on the left and Chris sitting at his desk on the right.<br />
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Because I hated my desk set up so much, I never sat there and it just became a catch-all surface for everything...mail, junk, books, whatever. The cats were forever knocking stuff off of there in their less than graceful jumps up and down from the windowsill.<br />
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Chris and I thought about buying one large desk, but desks are really expensive and to get what we wanted would be several hundred dollars. I'm too cheap for that. </div>
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We decided to make our own desk! </div>
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First step was to get rid of the old stuff and do some measuring. Chris is locating the studs in the wall in this picture because we are going to mount the desk surface to the wall. </div>
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Here is phase one: the mounted support system for the desktop surface. You can see the new desktop in the picture below resting on the carpet. We decided to use a piece of pre-cut 8' counter top for our desk top. We purchased this at Lowe's for $80. </div>
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The counter got mounted on the wall support with brackets from underneath, in addition to having two floor based supports as well.<br />
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Ta da! One single surface for us to work on! Chris took the keyboard slide out tray off of my old desk and mounted that on his side. I don't use my wireless keyboard often, so it wasn't a big concern for me.<br />
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It isn't 100% done yet...we are going to paint or enclose the floor supports so they have a finished look, and I am still organizing my side of the desk. I bought a new file organizer which has made me so happy happy!! It is the little things.<br />
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We did have to cut a hole in the counter top/desk top behind Chris' monitor for cords and so forth, but he just used a hole saw, quick and easy. Another cool thing: we were able to take our 4' long multi-plug outlet and mount it underneath the desktop rather than having it sit on the floor. That has helped clean up the mess of cords all over.<br />
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All told, we spent right at $100 to purchase the wood, screws and counter top. We had some brackets at home and spent a couple more bucks on some additional brackets. We re-used our existing keyboard slide out tray, and I spent $20 bucks on a new desktop file organizer (office stuff is expensive!!).<br />
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It took a couple hours total to remove everything, locate studs, measure, mount and install the desk.<br />
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We really like having a one piece surface! The room itself looks bigger.<br />
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Did you do any projects over the weekend?Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-68679927060586207292013-02-12T21:45:00.001-08:002013-02-12T21:45:25.057-08:00Meal Plan FebruaryDid I tell you that I wrote a dinner meal plan for the whole month of February?<br />
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Yup. The whole month.<br />
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After I spent all that time doing an<a href="http://www.blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2013/02/inventory.html"> inventory of my freezer</a>, I decided I should actually come up with a plan to use all that great stuff!<br />
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Now, I don't expect to follow this exactly. In fact, there have already been several alterations or changes that have occurred over the last week or so.<br />
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But I have been using it as a guide and even if I decide to make something different from what is on the menu for the day, switch days around, or as happened on Saturday night, something unexpected comes up and we aren't home for dinner, it has still given me a greater awareness of what is hiding in my freezer.<br />
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As a result, I have been doing an incredible job of using stuff from the freezer in my meals instead of buying more stuff.<br />
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I went grocery shopping yesterday and as far as food went I bought some fresh veggies, some lunch stuff (meat/cheese/wraps) for Chris and a bunch of household stuff like toilet paper and paper towels.<br />
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Another great bonus is that our meals are being varied and I'm bringing back some favorites that sometimes get skipped, like Posole and spinach lasagna.<br />
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Monday: Pesto veggie pasta<br />
Tuesday: Pork chop, healthy fries, green veg<br />
Wednesday: Poblano Corn Chowder<br />
Thursday: it says cod, but I realized is is Valentine's Day so I am changing it to steak, potato and veg.<br />
Friday: Pesto Basil Artichoke Mozzarella pizza<br />
Saturday: <a href="http://blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/02/shrimp-stuffed-poblano-recipe-well-back.html">Shrimp Poblano "curry</a>"<br />
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As far as workouts go, well I am still doing a pretty good job of doing something most days. I am still really struggling with my neck/shoulder/back issue. It gets better, but then I DO something, like workout with high intensity or scrub my bathroom from floor to ceiling and then I am put back out of commission for several days. I'm working on it though and trying to keep my chin up.<br />
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Sunday: Walked for 2.5 miles<br />
Monday: Recumbent bike for 40 minutes<br />
Tuesday: Yoga for 28 minutes<br />
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Friday: rest day<br />
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I don't know exactly. My workouts are somewhat dependent on how my shoulders and neck are doing. Yoga if I'm not doing so good, a walk or some other cardio if I am doing better. My ultimate goal at this point is to just keep doing some kind of workout, ANYTHING, at least 5 days of the week.<br />
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That's the plan kids!!<br />
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Do you have a plan? Lent starts tomorrow...do you observe? Are you giving anything up?<br />
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I am taking on a meditation practice. I hope to use the next 40 days to incorporate guided meditation into my life on a regular basis. I won't say daily, but several times a week.Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-77149034877149454672013-02-10T17:16:00.000-08:002013-02-10T17:16:14.231-08:00It's Time!!Hello Friends!<br />
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I'm sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been feeling a little depressed and just couldn't get my act together to actually write anything. Also, I was trying to really limit my computer time in an effort to force myself to be more active to help alleviate the depression. I'm feeling a bit better and hope to continue that trend, and continue posting content regularly! Thanks for understanding.<br />
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GUESS WHAT??<br />
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The SUN is shining....thank the heavens!<br />
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You know what else? It's that time of year again....<br />
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What time? <br />
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I'll give you a hint or two...<br />
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It's time to plant my starts! Or my seeds for what will eventually be my starts.<br />
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The last frost date here in Southern Oregon isn't until mid-May, so I have a long time until I can plant my tomatoes and peppers outside, but the growing season isn't long enough to give them a good chance to get big and produce if I just plant them outside in mid-May as seeds. The solution? Plant the seeds indoors and nurture them over the next several months until they are big enough and the danger of frost has passed.<br />
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Today I planted Roma, Grape, Jelly Bean, Black Krim, Mortgage Lifter, Big Rainbow and German Green tomato seeds and two different types of basil.<br />
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Last year our peppers really struggled, even though we started them indoors, so this year I am doing a bit more to encourage them. I got the dirt and labels ready, but I haven't planted any pepper seeds yet. I am going to soak and sprout them first and then plant the tiny sprouted seeds. Peppers are notoriously finicky, so I'm hoping this little extra step will help us have more peppers this year.<br />
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Chris was so disgusted with the lack of pepper production last year that he said he is just going to spend the money on store-bought starts this year. I'm willing to give it another try starting them myself. I will plant some hot jalapeno, mixed color bell pepper and some poblano.<br />
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Are you growing any fruits, vegetables, herbs or flowers this year?Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-43233829600497414582013-02-03T11:42:00.003-08:002013-02-03T11:42:57.748-08:00SUPER Bowl Sunday! <div style="text-align: center;">
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It's Super Bowl Sunday!!!!! A football fan's favorite Sunday of the year. </div>
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I am decked out in black and purple today in support of the Baltimore Ravens. Okay, really I have on a black long sleeve shirt and a purple hoodie but still I'm showing my support. </div>
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Super Bowl Sunday is about the food as much as the game and here at Casa Beebe it is no exception. </div>
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I love spinach and artichoke dip and this lightened up version (1/4 cup is only 87 calories) means I can snack on a pretty good pile of it without feeling too bad about the calories and fat content. I will let you know how it turns out. <div>
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The game doesn't start until 3:30 this afternoon so I have about 4 hours until game time. I know it sounds super exciting, but I think I'm going to do some homework and laundry. I know. You are jealous. </div>
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If you are not a football fan but are going to a party today to enjoy the food and commercials check out this article from the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-treadway/super-bowl-watching-guide_b_2596705.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false">Huffington Post</a>. It will give you some tips about how to interact with your football fanatic friends as well as understand a bit about who the big players are in the game. </div>
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With all the preserving, drying and freezing we do in the summer with our veggies from the garden, plus buying roasts and turkeys when they are on sale, my freezers and my pantry can sometimes become a black hole. I forget what is in there, stuff gets tucked behind other stuff, and then before you know it I have 17 bags of spinach and no meat.<br />
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Today, as I was getting ready to make my grocery list/meal plan for the week I decided it was time for a mid-winter freezer inventory. What is still hanging out in there from the summer harvest? Turns out: A TON!<br />
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That is my list of stuff in my freezers. Seriously. (click to enlarge)<br />
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There is some blackberry jam, strawberries, plums, blackberries, and a turkey. </div>
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That is a whole mess of miscellaneous stuff (I dug it out of the bottom) including lots of corn, diced tomatoes, smoked whole peppers, smoked tomatoes, some ground sausage, a mish mash of other veggies like eggplant, peas, spinach, edemame, zucchini, and so forth.<br />
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This all came out of there, too. More fruit (something like 7-8 gallon bags full), some meat items, and some more veggies.<br />
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Meat list above, veggie and misc. list below.<br />
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It is a good thing I looked. I have a bunch of stuff that needs to be used up before it is freezer burned beyond use! One thing going on the menu for this week is Posole, a Mexican pork and hominy soup. The pork for posole I have in my freezer has been there for a (ahem) while. It needs to get used.<br />
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Also, I didn't realize I had a bag of shelled edemame in there. I pulled that out and used some of it in my lunch today.<br />
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I was frustrated shopping the other day because it isn't fresh fruit season yet. I guess I should have gone shopping in my freezer because I have blackberries, blueberries, plums, strawberries, and peaches all just waiting to be used in yogurt/granola breakfasts, on top of or in pancakes, smoothies and however else I can think of.<br />
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My meal plans over the next few weeks are going to include a pesto pasta veggie dish, some posole, a corn and pepper chowder, some verde chicken enchilada, a veggie based lasagna, and chili (tomorrow for the Super Bowl!). I also have plenty of meat options for meals so I won't be picking up any meat for a week or two. We will just need to make do with what is in there. Once we make a good dent we can get something else.<br />
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From Amazon: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard. It is a story that extends backward and forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth of time to a future there is still time to save. Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to come from within ourselves. Is it man’s destiny to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny possible for him—one more wonderful than he has ever imagined?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, I understand that having a gorilla as the teacher is a stretch, but let me assure you that during the reading it becomes completely plausible and also exceptionally real. Daniel Quinn has done an incredible job helping the reader to see the foibles of humanity. This story is so powerful. I have been finished with the book for a few days but I can't stop thinking about the message, the story, the insight, the wisdom. This is one of those books. One of those books that I feel everyone should read at least once in their life. It reminds me of <i>The Alchemist</i> by Paulo Coelho; not the story but the feeling I had after I read it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ishmael </i>can be purchased used on Amazon for as little as $3.58. I know it is available on audible as well. This book has an amazing message and I encourage everyone to read it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I recently caught up on most of the current season of Bones. I wasn't sure about it after Booth and Brennan first had their baby, but I enjoyed the current season. I also have (I know, totally late to the party) recently discovered The Big Bang Theory. Uhm. Hilarious! </span><br />
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Or you can see my version: <a href="http://blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/12/thai-chicken-salad-with-peanut-dressing.html">Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing</a></div>
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Yesterday I defrosted the chicken and it has been marinading in a Thai style marinade: ginger, lemon grass, garlic, a bit of sugar and some soy sauce. I'm going to grill that up for the salad topper. YUM. </div>
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<b>What's your five for the week?? What book should I pick up to read for February? I have a goal of 24 books for the year and am right on track, having read two in January! </b></div>
Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-85661425709584479122013-01-30T09:18:00.001-08:002013-01-30T09:18:51.863-08:00Meal Plan 1.27.13Okay, so I know this is late. I haven't made the time to come and post for the last couple of days, but I want to keep doing this, both for myself and for others who may want/need it.<br />
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Let's quickly review last week:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday: We are having Slow cooker curried beef short ribs with greens and rice for sure! <span style="color: blue;">CHECK!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Meatless Monday: Eggplant and pasta delight (I only used half the eggplant I bought, so I don't want it to go to waste) <span style="color: blue;">CHECK!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday: Chris' choice, he said it is Taco Tuesday! <span style="color: blue;">CHECK!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wine Wednesday: Smoked pork chops and cauliflower "faux"-tato mash, and wine! <span style="color: blue;">CHECK!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday: Thai curry <strike>shrimp</strike> chicken with rice and sauteed snow peas<span style="color: blue;"> CHECK!</span></span></div>
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Over the weekend my friend Kelsey came to visit (more on that later) and so we didn't have specific plans for food. Friday: Steak, potato, salad. Saturday: Dinner out. Sunday: Pizza in. </div>
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Overall I did AWESOME with sticking to my meal plan last week. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday: Yoga - no</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday: Yoga - yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday: Yoga or Walk - yoga yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday: Swim - 2.7 mile walk yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday: Walk - yes! hike in the snow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Meatless Monday: <a href="http://blurbcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/12/portobello-mushroom-red-pepper-quinoa.html">Portobello mushroom and red pepper quinoa salad</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday: Trader Joe's Lime Chicken Burgers on thin buns with salad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday: Pork Chop, sweet potato wedges and green veg or salad (depends on what is left in the fridge)</span></div>
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SUPERBOWL SUNDAY: I think I'm making a chili and some snacks for the day. </div>
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Alright...that's the plan! Did you do your meal planning this week? How's it going? Are you sticking with it?</div>
Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695004691677456965.post-13168238922883311802013-01-27T07:59:00.002-08:002013-01-27T08:02:46.375-08:00Plate ShareHappy Sunday Friends!<br />
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You all know (or probably do, if you have been reading for a while) that I have a passion for food, and for supporting organizations that help to feed the hungry. I have done a few things over the years to promote awareness about hunger in this country, given some speeches at school, written about it on my blog, and just generally tried to raise awareness.<br />
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Katie Levans of<a href="http://www.sweettaterblog.com/"> Sweet Tater Blog </a>(and former Bachelor contestant!) is one of my favorite bloggers. She is at Charlotte Small Business Start Up this weekend trying to get her amazingly brilliant (and oh so simple) start up idea off the ground.<br />
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Katie's idea is called <a href="http://www.plateshare.org/">Plate Share</a>. </div>
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The jist of Plate Share is simple and powerful. It is basically a "round-up" concept. When you go out to dinner and your bill is $37.65 for dinner you use your Plate Share app on your smart phone to round-up the total to $38. The difference gets donated to Feeding America (one of my favorite food for the hunger charities which I have featured on the blog before). Done. </div>
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You can also do the same with your groceries. Grocery bill comes to $107.32? Use the app and round up to $108. Your change helps feed hungry families. </div>
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<a href="http://www.sweettaterblog.com/2013/01/24/your-plate-could-end-hunger/">From Katie</a>: (click the link to read Katie's full post, it is passionate and powerful)</div>
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<i>It’s simple: Give change. Make change.</i></div>
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<i>And what if every time you did this you snapped a picture of your plate and shared it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram (#plateshare) and encouraged them to do the same? And they did the same and told their friends? Who then did the same and told their friends?</i></div>
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<i>If we all work together, a little bit goes a long way.</i></div>
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<i>Consider this:</i></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>$1 contributes 7 pounds of food to <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Feeding America</a> (formerly Second Harvest)</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>If my 3,000 <a href="http://twitter.com/sweettaterblog" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Twitter</a> followers all joined Plate Share and donated an average $12/mo x 12 months = $432,000</i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>$432K is the equivalent of <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 million pounds of food</span></i></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>The average person consumes 2,500 pounds of food annually</i></li>
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If you believe in the Plate Share concept and want to see it come to life, here’s what you can do to draw attention:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/plateshare" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@plateshare</a> on Twitter</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you dine out, take a picture of your plate and tweet: “Hey @startupwkndCLT, this plate could help #endhunger. Support @sweettaterblog & the @plateshare project so I can donate $x.xx!” [Fill in the x's with the amount of change it would take to round your bill to the nearest dollar.]</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you buy groceries, take a picture of your receipt and tweet: “Hey @startupwkndCLT, my groceries could help #endhunger. Support @sweettaterblog & the @plateshare project so I can donate $x.xx!” [Fill in the x's with the amount of change it would take to round your bill to the nearest dollar.]</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tweet: “I believe in the @plateshare project. Support @sweettaterblog at @startupwkndCLT to help #endhunger”</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tweet: “Give change, make change. Support @sweettaterblog and the @plateshare project at @startupwkndCLT to help #endhunger”</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you dine out, take a picture of your plate and add the caption: “Hey #startupwkndCLT, this plate could help #endhunger. Support @sweettaterblog & the @plateshare project so I can donate $x.xx! #plateshare” [Fill in the x's with the amount of change it would take to round your bill to the nearest dollar.]</li>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Important Info</strong></span></h1>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.plateshare.org/" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.plateshare.org</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook:</strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/plateshare" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/plateshare</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter:</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/plateshare" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@plateshare</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/sweettaterblog" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@sweettaterblog</a> (Katie Levans, Founder),<a href="http://twitter.com/startupwkndclt" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@startupwkndCLT</a> (where I’m pitching this weekend)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hashtags:</strong> #plateshare, #endhunger, #CLT, #CLTfood</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instagram:</strong> <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/sweettaterblog/" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">sweettaterblog</a> (no plateshare instagram yet…)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10-second summary:</strong> Plate share is a social food photo-sharing smart phone application that empowers each and every one of us to make charitable giving second nature by rounding your restaurant bill to the nearest dollar and donating the change to feed the hungry.</li>
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THANK YOU</h1>
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So, when you see me tweeting or Facebooking with the hash tag #plateshare you will know what it is all about. If you have a spot in your heart for making sure people get enough food to eat and are a someone who loves to tweet and Facebook, I encourage you to check out Plate Share for yourself.<br />
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<br />Corrie Beebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198598050191738923noreply@blogger.com0