Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do. You got to have a dream, If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? Rodgers & Hammerstein #1 – Habits of Happy People What do happy people do to help them to stay happy? Read this [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Of Halloween Past
Posted in About me, Aging, Holidays, Kids, Parenting, Uncategorized, tagged blog, empty nesting, family, family life, feelings of empty nesting, halloween, Halloween decorations, halloween with kids, kids growing up, Parenting on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“What happened to your house?” the little boy said as he quietly stood at my front door. I eyed him with a puzzled look and replied, “What do you mean?” But just as soon as I said those words, it dawned on me – I knew exactly what he meant. I squatted down to his [...]
Golden Beet and Pomegranate Salad
Posted in Parenting, Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged beet and pomegranate salad, blog, fall salads, golden beets and pomegranate salad, life, Recipes on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The bright orange color of golden beets combined with the rich red of pomegranate seeds make this salad a lovely fall dish, but mention beets and pomegranates to almost any mother and I bet her response will be “STAIN.” Both beets and pomegranates are well known for their stain-making abilities. Just ask my kids why [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (10/22/10)
Posted in About me, Health, inspiration, Recipes, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged bathing birds, Birthday contest, blog, check your risk of hip fractures, drink recipes for fall and winter, fall and winter beverages, Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, hip fractures, inspiration, Leo F. Buscaglia quote, life, mystery photo contest, Osteoporosis, random thoughts, recycling plastic bottles, sealing bags with bottle caps on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two little birds were delighting in a round of Birdie Hokey Pokey – jumping in out and shaking all about – in the bubbling water of my fountain. The sun was low in the sky when I stood under a tree in my backyard hoping to snap a photo of these bathing beauties. With their [...]
Shrimp and Bean-Thread Salad
Posted in Recipes, tagged bean thread salad, bean vermicelli salad, blog, glass noodle salad, life, Recipes, shrimp and bean thread salad, Thai bean-thread salad on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Picnics or parties, that’s how versatile this easy do-ahead recipe is. It makes a great main lunch dish or a delicious dinner side dish. Bean threads are also referred to as cellophane noodles, Chinese vermicelli, crystal noodles, or glass noodles. They are transparent Asian noodles usually made from mung bean or yam starch. The dried [...]
Birthday Contest!
Posted in About me, Creativity, Handcrafted Cards, Photography, tagged birthday game, blog, contest, first birthday celebration contest, mystery photo, photo contest on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s a birthday celebration without games and prizes? To celebrate the first birthday of What About This? I’m holding another challenging, but fun, mystery photo contest! It’s simple – just identify the subject matter in the photo above, before anyone else does, and you win! Is the prize a trip to Paris or a million [...]
Happy First Birthday!
Posted in About me, tagged anniversary, blog, blog's first birthday, life, mystery photo contest, random thoughts, what about this on October 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
David M. Schwartz, the author of popular children’s books, once told me, “There are numbers in stories and stories in numbers.” Over the years I have come to appreciate how numbers tell stories. So what kind of story do the numbers 1, 149, 433, 680, and 16,584 reveal? They tell an immensely satisfying story about [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (10/8/10)
Posted in Health, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Photography, Uncategorized, tagged bitsong, black rice, blog, boost your brain power, computer games, Health, inspiration, Leo Rosten, life, photos of the week, random thoughts on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
18,969 was the number displayed on the screen of my pedometer yesterday. My goal of walking 10,000 steps every day has been made so much easier by the delightful fall weather we’ve been experiencing. Some people run for fun, but I walk to talk. Walking with my husband or my friends is amazingly therapeutic for [...]
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