Thursday, April 22, 2010
Lose 10 pounds
I was doing good with my plan to lose wieght but lately I have gotten stressed and feel into old habits. One thing I did was went back to Mountian Dew.I had given up for almost 2 months and now I am backing to drinking 2 cans a day.I am going to switch back to coffee in the morning and drinking water and green tea the rest of the day. I think baby steps will be the best way to develop better eating and exercising habits. I have too many bad habits to try to change all at once.I just get frustrated and give up.
Tommorow
I have decided I am going to use this blog as a way to blog and help myself work towards my life goals. One of my life goals it to stop procrastinating.I seem to excel well at that.I have proved that once agian,Saturday we are having a garage sale and I still need to price things and get things set up. So of course tonight and tomorrow I will be busting my butt to get that finished.
I need a job
I want so much to have a job.For the past year I have no problem getting interviews but that is as far as it goes. I do not understand why I am not getting hired. I wish I knew so I could change that. My husband thinks I am doing it on purpose but seriously I am not. I am going tomorrow and applying at Verifacts.Hopefully something good will come from that.
School
Well sadly I missed the deadline to get signed up for school and get started on the 28th. Its all good becuase the next start date as July 7th. I figure I can enjoy some summer before I get started on worrying about homework.Tomorrow I am going to get my enrollment form sent in and the enrollment fee paid.So all will be done and I can just sit back and wait for the 7th of July.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Clever Ideas
CLEVER IDEAS WORTH KNOWING Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster... I didn't know that!
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of Spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste Of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in A microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food Moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, Put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for- Get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not Get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it. (Wonder if this works with rabbits? Sure gonna give it a try)
Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and... At DA! ... Static is gon.
Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such As peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Re opening envelopes If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include some thing inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup an d gone forever
! Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! (This will definitely try!)
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material .. I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well .... the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very longtime (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that? Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share! Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it... the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of Spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste Of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in A microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food Moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, Put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for- Get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not Get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it. (Wonder if this works with rabbits? Sure gonna give it a try)
Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and... At DA! ... Static is gon.
Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such As peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Re opening envelopes If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include some thing inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup an d gone forever
! Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! (This will definitely try!)
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material .. I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well .... the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very longtime (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that? Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share! Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it... the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
100 Ways To Be Happy and Feel Good
100 Ways to Be Happy and Feel Good...1. Never put yourself last.2. When you extend a helping hand to one person, be careful not toKick someone else in the teeth.3. Always own a pair of old, faded jeans.4. Count your blessings every day.5. Acknowledge your successes along with your downfalls.6. Burn the candle that has been in storage for the last two years.7. Strive for progress, not perfection.8. Remember, the voice telling you that you cannot do something isAlways lying.9. At least once a day sit and do nothing.10. Don't close your heart so tightly against life's pain that youShut out life's blessings.11. Celebrate all your birthdays no matter how old you get.12. Examine your life for limitations and ask yourself why you putThem there.13. Plant a tree, pull weeds, or get your hands dirty.14. Diminish your wants instead of increasing your needs.15. Cry when you feel like it.16. Rejoice in other people's triumphs.17. Don't wait for someone else to laugh or express joy.18. Forgive yourself for any mistake you make, no matter how big or small.19. Keep good company.20. Never take a pill for a pain you need to feel.21. Use your enthusiasm to put yourself in forward gear and giveYourself a spark to move ahead.22. Look in the eyes of the ones you love when you are talking to them.23. Remember that one is a whole number.24. Walk in a rain shower without an umbrella.25. Do a kind deed for someone else.26. Keep your eyes and ears open to get the messages you need fromPeople and events in your daily life.27. Be patient.28. Eat something green.29. Change what you can and leave the rest alone.30. Walk hand and hand with truth.31. Make laughter and joy a greater part of your life than anger and grief.32. Embrace solitude instead of running from it.33. Be zealous, not jealous.34. Forgive anyone you've been holding a grudge against.35. Slow down and enjoy the present.36. Walk in others' shoes before judging them.37. Send yourself a kind message.38. Remind yourself that the company you keep is a reflection ofWhat you think of yourself.39. Go on a picnic.40. Accept your fears, no matter how crazy they seem.41. Don't let other people's opinions shape who you are.42. Say a prayer.43. Never attribute your accomplishments to luck or chance.44. Know when to say no.45. Look at the positive side of negative situations.46. Remember that you are a spiritual being in a physical body.47. Avoid seeking out other people for constant approval, because itMakes them the master and you the slave.48. Go fly a kite.49. Watch South Park or The Simpsons or Seinfeld.50. Accept the things you cannot change.51. Look inside instead of outside yourself for answers to life's problems.52. Remember that all feelings are okay.53. Shield yourself from bad influences.54. Stand up for what you believe in.55. Respect the wishes of others when they say no.56. Seize every moment and live it fully.57. Give away or sell anything you haven't used in the past five years.58. Never downgrade yourself.59. Take responsibility for what you think, feel, and do.60. Pamper yourself.61. Never say or do anything abusive to a child.62. Eat spicy food before going to bed.63. Volunteer to help someone in need.64. Refrain from overindulging in drink, work, and relationships.65. Finish unfinished business.66. Be spontaneous.67. Find a constructive outlet for your anger.68. Think about abundance instead of lack, because whatever youThink about expands.69. Think of yourself as a survivor, not a victim.70. Cuddle an animal.71. Be open to life.72. See success as something you already have, not something youMust attain.73. Experience the splendor and awe of a sunset.74. When you score a base hit, don't wish it were a home run.75. Learn to be in the present moment.76. Instead of believing in miracles, depend on them.77. Take a child to the circus.78. Change your attitude and your whole life will change.79. Never turn your power over to another person.80. When your heart is at odds with your head, follow your heart.81. Always remember that the past is gone forever and the futurenever comes.82. Live your life according to what is right for you.83. Acknowledge your imperfections.84. Plant a tree and watch it grow.85. See "friend" instead of "enemy" on the face of strangers.86. Watch an army of ants build their houses and cities and carryfood ten times their weight.87. Believe in something bigger than yourself.88. Let the playful child within you come out.89. Make haste slowly.90. Work through your problems step by step and one day at a time.91. Success is a journey, not a destination.92. Sit on the lawn without worrying about grass stains.93. Don't condemn yourself for your imperfections.94. Do a humility check periodically by loving the truth about yourself.95. Tell someone you appreciate them.96. Never live your life according to what is right for someone else.97. Admit your wrongdoing and forgive yourself for it.98. Thrive on inner peace instead of on crises.99. Affirm all the good things about yourself.100. Talk less and listen more.
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